I’ve been studying the amygdala for more than 30 years. When I started this work, research on this brain region was a lonely field of inquiry. The hippocampus was all the rage, and I sometimes felt ...

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

The brain's alarm system exists for a reason. It scans for threats, raises attention, and prepares the body to act. Yet that ...

How does the amygdala influence drinking? New research shows sex-specific neural pathways: amygdala reactivity leads to ...

Cannabis and tobacco—whether used on their own or together—can affect the brain's structure. A recent study involving ...

The study highlights brain changes from tobacco use and calls for more research on cannabis, as its effects on brain ...