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amygdala

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Contemporary theories of emotion converge around the key role of the amygdala as the central subcortical emotional brain structure that constantly evaluates and integrates a variety of sensory information from the surroundings and assigns them appropriate values of emotional dimensions, such as valence, intensity, and approachability.

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The anchor paper reports human hypocretin-1 and MCH measured in the human amygdala.

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Source 1review2021BiomoleculesDOI PubMed

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Source 2primary paper2013Nature CommunicationsDOI PubMed

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Claim 1functional rolesupports2021Source 1DOI PubMed

The review describes the amygdala as a central subcortical structure for evaluating and integrating sensory information and assigning emotional dimensions such as valence, intensity, and approachability.

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Contemporary theories of emotion converge around the key role of the amygdala as the central subcortical emotional brain structure that constantly evaluates and integrates a variety of sensory information from the surroundings and assigns them appropriate values of emotional dimensions, such as valence, intensity, and approachability.

Claim 2functional rolesupports2021Source 1DOI PubMed

The review states that the amygdala participates in regulation of autonomic and endocrine functions, decision-making, and adaptation of instinctive and motivational behaviors to environmental change.

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The amygdala participates in the regulation of autonomic and endocrine functions, decision-making and adaptations of instinctive and motivational behaviors to changes in the environment

Claim 3mechanistic rolesupports2021Source 1DOI PubMed

The review links amygdala function to implicit associative learning, short- and long-term synaptic plasticity, and activation of fight-or-flight responses via efferent projections from its central nucleus.

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through implicit associative learning, changes in short- and long-term synaptic plasticity, and activation of the fight-or-flight response via efferent projections from its central nucleus to cortical and subcortical structures.

Claim 4measurement contextsupports2013Source 2DOI PubMed

The study measured hypocretin-1 and melanin-concentrating hormone in humans using microdialysis, including sampling in the amygdala.