Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...

"I am often said to have identified the amygdala as the brain's 'fear' center. But the fact is, I have not done this, nor has anyone else." —Joseph LeDoux (2015) 3D illustration of both amygdala.

A new study shows how a dopamine circuit between two brain regions enables mice to extinguish fear after a peril has passed. Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an ...

Fear memory encoding, the process responsible for persistent reactions to trauma-associated cues, is influenced by a sparse but potent population of inhibitory cells called parvalbumin-interneurons ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how ...