Amygdala

"Amygdala" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the INFERIOR HORN OF THE LATERAL VENTRICLE of the TEMPORAL LOBE. The amygdala is part of the limbic system.

Descriptor ID	D000679
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.464.090 A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152
Concept/Terms	Amygdala Amygdala Amygdaloid Nuclear Complex Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices Complex, Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices, Amygdaloid Nuclear Nuclear Complex, Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices, Amygdaloid Nucleus Amygdalae Amygdalae, Nucleus Archistriatum Archistriatums Corpus Amygdaloideum Amygdaloideum, Corpus Amygdaloideums, Corpus Corpus Amygdaloideums Amygdaloid Body Amygdaloid Bodies Amygdaloid Nucleus Nucleus, Amygdaloid Intercalated Amygdaloid Nuclei Intercalated Amygdaloid Nuclei Amygdaloid Nuclei, Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus, Intercalated Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus Nuclei, Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus, Intercalated Amygdaloid Massa Intercalata Intercalata, Massa Intercalatas, Massa Massa Intercalatas

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Limbic System [A08.186.211.464]
Amygdala [A08.186.211.464.090]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Basal Ganglia [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249]
Amygdala [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152]

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Bar chart showing 89 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	0	1
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	2	0	2
2002	5	1	6
2003	6	0	6
2004	2	0	2
2005	6	1	7
2006	4	2	6
2007	4	0	4
2008	4	2	6
2009	1	0	1
2010	4	0	4
2011	2	0	2
2012	9	2	11
2013	0	2	2
2014	3	2	5
2015	2	1	3
2016	6	2	8
2017	2	0	2
2018	0	1	1
2019	3	0	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Amygdala" by people in Profiles.

Dick AS, Silva K, Gonzalez R, Sutherland MT, Laird AR, Thompson WK, Tapert SF, Squeglia LM, Gray KM, Nixon SJ, Cottler LB, La Greca AM, Gurwitch RH, Comer JS. Neural vulnerability and hurricane-related media are associated with post-traumatic stress in youth. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 11; 5(11):1578-1589.

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Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Ung RL, Nomura H, Otis JM, Basiri ML, Namboodiri VMK, Zhu X, Robinson JE, van den Munkhof HE, McHenry JA, Eckman LEH, Kosyk O, Jhou TC, Kash TL, Bruchas MR, Stuber GD. Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Extended Amygdala Encode and Promote Rapid Arousal Responses to Motivationally Salient Stimuli. Cell Rep. 2020 11 10; 33(6):108362.

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Njau S, Townsend J, Wade B, Hellemann G, Bookheimer S, Narr K, Brooks JO. Neural Subtypes of Euthymic Bipolar I Disorder Characterized by Emotion Regulation Circuitry. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 06; 5(6):591-600.

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Voets NL, Alvarez I, Qiu D, Leatherday C, Willie JT, Sotiropoulos S, Gleichgerrcht E, Bonilha L, Pedersen NP, Kadom N, Saindane AM, Gross RE, Drane DL. Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2019; 97(4):255-265.

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Sansalone L, Bratsch-Prince J, Tang S, Captain B, Mott DD, Raymo FM. Photopotentiation of the GABAA receptor with caged diazepam. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 10 15; 116(42):21176-21184.

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Sun Y, Blanco-Centurion C, Bendell E, Vidal-Ortiz A, Luo S, Liu M. Activity dynamics of amygdala GABAergic neurons during cataplexy of narcolepsy. Elife. 2019 08 14; 8.

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Flanagan JC, Yonce S, Calhoun CD, Back SE, Brady KT, Joseph JE. Preliminary development of a neuroimaging paradigm to examine neural correlates of relationship conflict. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2019 01 30; 283:125-134.

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Keistler CR, Hammarlund E, Barker JM, Bond CW, DiLeone RJ, Pittenger C, Taylor JR. Regulation of Alcohol Extinction and Cue-Induced Reinstatement by Specific Projections among Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Nucleus Accumbens, and Basolateral Amygdala. J Neurosci. 2017 04 26; 37(17):4462-4471.

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Leal SL, Noche JA, Murray EA, Yassa MA. Disruption of amygdala-entorhinal-hippocampal network in late-life depression. Hippocampus. 2017 04; 27(4):464-476.

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Keller SS, Glenn GR, Weber B, Kreilkamp BA, Jensen JH, Helpern JA, Wagner J, Barker GJ, Richardson MP, Bonilha L. Preoperative automated fibre quantification predicts postoperative seizure outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain. 2017 01; 140(1):68-82.

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