Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that dopamine projections to the basolateral amygdala contribute to the encoding of these memories. "The canonical theory of dopamine ...

Neural projections from the sweet (green) and bitter (red) cortex terminate at distinct targets in the amygdala in the brains of mice.

The amygdala is a part of the brain important for emotional responses, especially fear. It is thought to be important in anxiety disorders. A new UC Davis study reveals new cell types in different ...

The prelimbic (PrL) cortex is vulnerable to insult from adolescent alcohol exposure and receives input from the basolateral amygdala (BLA) while sending projections to the ventrolateral periaqueductal ...