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词汇 amygdala
释义 amygdala
noun[ C ]
 anatomy specializeduk /əˈmɪɡ.də.lə/ us /əˈmɪɡ.də.lə/pluralamygdalaeuk /əˈmɪɡ.də.liː/ us /əˈmɪɡ.də.liː/
one of two parts of the brain that affect how people feel emotions, especially fear and pleasure(大脑中的)杏仁核,杏仁体(主要影响情绪,尤其是愉悦和恐惧)
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Examples from literature

But sometimes the amygdala doesn’t work in the right way. 
By studying animals, scientists have shown that the fear hormone is made in a part of the brain called the amygdala. 
In adolescents, the cortex is small, so they use the amygdala much more. 
One part of the brain is called the amygdala. 
When the danger that causes the feeling of fear disappears, the memory of that danger is kept for some time in the amygdala. 
Your amygdala seems to be working perfectly! 

Examples of amygdala


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Partial correlation coefficients controlling for total brain volume were used to examine the relationship between amygdala and hippocampal volumes and demographic, cognitive and clinical variables.
Thus, it is possible that right prefrontal asymmetry results in reduced inhibitory signals toward the amygdala, which would then maintain aversive-related responses.
Interestingly, even the amygdala was more active during imitation than during observation of facial expressions.
Given the extensive interconnections between the amygdala and orbitofrontal regions one might also expect to see alterations in the ventral frontal regions as well.
At an operational level, we are seeking to determine whether a change in the connectivity of the amygdala might be associated with the behavioral alterations.
Increased amygdala and insula activation during emotion processing in anxiety-prone subjects.
In addition to these behavioral differences, preterm children exhibited lower regional brain volumes in the cortex, ventricles, basal ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus, and corpus callosum.
In addition, it provides very clear anatomical and functional accounts of the orbitofrontal cortex, the amygdala, and the peripheral nervous system.
Event-related activation in the amygdala associates with later memory for individual emotional experience.
As predicted, there was significant attenuation of affective load-response by patients with mania in the anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala.
Quenching inhibition of development and expression of amygdala kindled seizures with low frequency stimulation.
This factor appears to have a basis in subcortical limbic function, particularly the medial temporal lobe structures, the amygdala, and hippocampus.
Magnetic resonance imaging volumes of the hippocampus and the amygdala in women with borderline personality disorder and early traumatization.
In comparison to normal controls, a subject with bilateral amygdala damage had difficulty identifying emotions (happy, angry, sad) in sentences that were read to her.
Intact performance on an indirect measure of race bias following amygdala damage.
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