"I am often said to have identified the amygdala as the brain's 'fear' center. But the fact is, I have not done this, nor has anyone else." —Joseph LeDoux (2015) 3D illustration of both amygdala.

Anxiety is often described as a whole‑brain problem, but a series of mouse experiments suggests that, in some cases, a single ...

Activating a circuit between the amygdala and brainstem relieves pain and reduces defensive behaviors in rats, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. People with pain often experience ...

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two amygdala-striatal pathways, disrupting flexible decision-making and promoting ...

A new study sheds light--both literally and figuratively--on the intricate brain cell connections responsible for anxiety. Scientists at Stanford University recently used light to activate mouse ...

Our survival depends on our reactions to threats. It is well known that the amygdala is central in regulating fear. But little is known about how or even if cues from our five sense organs are ...

As a child, Krista Wahlstrom ’15 wanted to know how things worked. “I was always the kid who asked a million questions about everything,” she remembers. At Luther, she fell in love with lab-based, ...