The present study examined the differential contribution of cortical and subcortical brain structures in emotional processing by comparing patients with focal cortical lesions (n = 32) to those with primarily subcortical dysregulation of the basal ganglia (Parkinson’s disease n = 14).
Caterina Breitenstein +2 more
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Post-training depletions of basolateral amygdala serotonin fail to disrupt discrimination, retention, or reversal learning. [PDF]
In goal-directed pursuits, the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is critical in learning about changes in the value of rewards. BLA-lesioned rats show enhanced reversal learning, a task employed to measure the flexibility of response to changes in reward ...
Bugarin, Amador +5 more
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The Possible Contribution of the Amygdala to Memory
The processing of episodic memories is believed to depend on the proper functioning of so‐called bottleneck structures through which information apparently must pass in order to be stored long term. These regions are seen in the basal forebrain, the medial diencephalon, and the medial temporal lobe.
R. Babinsky +6 more
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The Role of the Caudate in Nonmotor Behaviors in Huntington’s Disease
Neuropsychologic data suggest an important role for the caudate nucleus (CN) in behavioral impairments in Huntington′s disease (HD). These include abnormalities in executive function, egocentric visuospatial representations, communication, and retrieval of declarative memories, changes in personality, and psychiatric disturbances.
D. H. Jacobs, S. J. Huber
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Enfermedad de Urbach-Wiethe: presentación de un caso con afectación bucal tratado con láser de CO2 [PDF]
Se presenta un caso de enfermedad de Urbach-Wiethe o lipoidoproteinosis con extensas lesiones orales que dificultaban la masticación. Se efectuó un remodelado gingival con fotobisturí de láser C02 en dos tiempos, con lo que se obtuvo un resultado ...
Berini Aytés, Leonardo +3 more
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Damage to insula abolishes cognitive distortions during simulated gambling. [PDF]
This is the accepted version of an article originally published in PNAS. The version of record is available at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/04/02/1322295111.Gambling is a naturalistic example of risky decision-making.
A. Bechara +42 more
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Preferential attention to animals and people is independent of the amygdala [PDF]
The amygdala is thought to play a critical role in detecting salient stimuli. Several studies have taken ecological approaches to investigating such saliency, and argue for domain-specific effects for processing certain natural stimulus categories, in ...
Adolphs, Ralph +4 more
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Social and economic decision-making in Urbach-Wiethe Disease [PDF]
Background: Rodent and primate research have identified the basolateral amygdala as indispensable for social decision-making. This finding has not yet been translated to humans, and has even been partially contradicted by previous findings in patients ...
Fourie, Jorique
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Evidence That the Periaqueductal Gray Matter Mediates the Facilitation of Panic-Like Reactions in Neonatally-Isolated Adult Rats [PDF]
Plenty of evidence suggests that childhood separation anxiety (CSA) predisposes the subject to adult-onset panic disorder (PD). As well, panic is frequently comorbid with both anxiety and depression. the brain mechanisms whereby CSA predisposes to PD are
Bernabe, Cristie Setubal +5 more
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A Review on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Autism [PDF]
With increased recognition in the media, heightened prevalence, and advances in research technologies, investigation into the causes of autism has broadened in recent years.
Koyama, Alain
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