Figure 1: Behavioural assay for innate responses to odour. We have used this behavioural assay in concert with optogenetic silencing to identify a higher olfactory centre necessary for innate ...

The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

Your amygdala are two almond-shaped groups of nuclei located deep within the front part of your brain's temporal lobes. Traditionally, the amygdala has been associated with a broad range of negative ...

MRI coronal view of the amygdala. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

In 1995, author Daniel Goleman coined the term “amygdala hijack”–an idea that has subsequently appeared in countless blogs, self-help books, and videos. According to this idea, a part of the brain ...

(A) Schematic illustrations of experiments. (B) Confocal microscopic images of coronal brain sections of the amygdala of wild type mice, showing the EGFP fluorescence (B, magenta), immunoreactivities ...

The amygdala can activate a person’s fight-or-flight response as a reaction to a real or perceived threat of danger. Amygdala hijack describes the perhaps unnecessary triggering of this response and ...