Derived from the Greek for almond, the amygdala sits in the brain's medial temporal lobe, a few inches from either ear. Coursing through the amygdala are nerves connecting it to a number of important ...

PET and MRI scans may together distinguish a new type of dementia from Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a 2026 retrospective, ...

This image of the brain shows the amygdala, a region of that helps shape behavioral and biological responses to threat the stress. The amygdala is a region in the temporal lobe of the brain that helps ...

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...