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“The Amygdala: A Discrete Multitasking Manager” ed. by Barbara FerryITAe | 2012 | ISBN: 9789535109082 | 416 pages | PDF | 12 MBThe primary goal of this book is to inform experts and newcomers of some of the latest data in the field of brain structures involved in mechanisms underlying emotional learning and memory, and it will also help to stimulate discussion on the functional role of the amygdala and connected brain structures in these mechanisms.Among the components of the limbic system, the amygdala is a fascinating structure that is involved in the processes of liking and disliking and in the ways our emotions drive our actions and affect the strength of our memories.Combined with new conceptual breakthroughs, the very latest data obtained by leading world experts in amygdala function that are reviewed in this book have helped to understand how the amygdala contribute to these processes and also to a variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric pathologies.ContentsPreface1 Amygdala and Emotional Learning in Vertebrates – A Comparative Perspective2 Neuroimaging of the Amygdala: Quantitative Mechanistic Approach3 The Role of the Amygdala in Anxiety Disorders4 Cellular Mechanisms in the Amygdala Involved in Memory of Fear Conditioning5 The Role of Norepinephrine in Amygdala Dependent Fear Learning and Memory6 Auditory Fear Circuits in the Amygdala – Insights from Computational Models7 Amygdala Strengthening of Cortical Memory Representations8 Role of Norepinephrine in Modulating Inhibitory Avoidance Memory Storage: Critical Involvement of the Basolateral Amygdala9 The Insular Cortex and the Amygdala: Shared Functions and Interactions10 Amygdala and Taste Learning11 Amygdalar Models of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders12 Amygdala, Childhood Adversity and Psychiatric Disorders13 Traumatic Experiences Disrupt Amygdala – Prefrontal Connectivity14 The Irritable Bowel Syndrome: How Stress Can Affect the Amygdala Activity and the Brain-Gut Axis15 Amygdala in Alzheimer’s Disease16 The Ventral Striatopallidum and Extended Amygdala in Huntington Diseaseinteresting and well done book