amygdala

Converse of object

• call: A tiny structure deep within her brain called the amygdala caused a massive fear response.
• include: The findings showed impaired recognition of fear following bilateral temporal lobe damage when this included the amygdala.
• activate: Consistent with neuropsychological findings, both types of fearful stimuli activated the amygdala.
• implicate: Animal and human studies implicate the amygdala in conditioning to aversive stimuli and orbitofrontal cortex in reversal learning.

Adjective modifier

• human: Selective bilateral damage to the human amygdala is rare, offering unique insights into its functions.

Modifies a noun

• damage: Here, we present the first evidence of theory of mind deficits following amygdala damage acquired in adulthood.
• response: An amygdala response, the tiny animal at the top of the spine that screams eternally in denial of mortality.
• activity: Whalen PJ, Rauch SL, Etcoff NL, et al: Masked presentations of emotional facial expressions modulate amygdala activity without explicit knowledge.
• reactivity: There was differential amygdala reactivity to threatening or to emotional stimuli in absence of any overt psychiatric pathology.
• activation: At the same time it is the activation of this area of the left frontal cortex that is responsible for decrease in amygdala activation.
• dysfunction: Impaired processing of direction of gaze in Turner syndrome evidence for amygdala dysfunction.