Functional connectivity between the putamen and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) correlated positively with BMI, whereas that of amygdala with pallidum and lingual gyrus was nonlinearly ...

The researchers focused on the amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) circuit ... They also corrected for potential biases related to MRI quality and participant movement during scans.

The nerve cell connections between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are critical in ... such as CT scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), take static pictures of the brain to ...

As teens continue to develop, the emotional area of the brain - the amygdala - develops sooner than the part of the brain needed for self control and decision making - the prefrontal cortex.