Central regulation of food intake is a key mechanism contributing to energy homeostasis.
Many neural circuits that are thought to orchestrate feeding behavior overlap with the brain's …

We review recent work on the role of intrinsic amygdala networks in the regulation of
classically conditioned defensive behaviors, commonly known as conditioned fear. These …

The central amygdala (CEA), a nucleus predominantly composed of GABAergic inhibitory
neurons, is essential for fear conditioning. How the acquisition and expression of …

The amygdala is a complex structure involved in a wide range of normal behavioral
functions and psychiatric conditions. Not so long ago it was an obscure region of the brain …

Classical fear conditioning is a powerful behavioral paradigm that is widely used to study the
neuronal substrates of learning and memory. Previous studies have clearly identified the …

Learned fear is a process allowing quick detection of associations between cues in the
environment and prediction of imminent threat. Adaptive function in a changing environment …

The historically understood role of the central amygdala (CeA) in fear learning is to serve as
a passive output station for processing and plasticity that occurs elsewhere in the brain …

Adjacent prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) regions in the medial prefrontal cortex have
distinct roles in emotional learning. A complete mechanistic understanding underlying this …

Children with anxious temperament (AT) are particularly sensitive to new social experiences
and have increased risk for developing anxiety and depression. The young rhesus monkey …

Krüppel-like factor 9 (KLF9) is a thyroid hormone-induced, immediate early gene
implicated in neural development in vertebrates. We analyzed stressor and glucocorticoid …