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The amygdala is responsible for fear responses.
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Is it true that the amygdala is responsible for fear responses?
Unclear. Multiple peer-reviewed animal and human studies place the amygdala as a key player in fear learning, fear conditioning, and fear expression, but they describe it as part of a circuit rather than the structure solely responsible for fear responses. No retrieved item settles the strong causal claim that the amygdala is responsible for fear responses.
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Ralph, A., Daniel, T., & Hanna, D. (1995). Fear and the human amygdala. authors.library.caltech.edu. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.15-09-05879.1995
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Fear conditioning and the basolateral amygdala. (n.d.). f1000researchdata.s3.amazonaws.com. https://f1000researchdata.s3.amazonaws.com/manuscripts/23340/46930508-b7fc-4abc-af83-3f9087d87675_21201_-_pankaj_sah.pdf?doi=10.12688/f1000research.21201.1&numberOfBrowsableCollections=27&numberOfBrowsableGateways=27&numberOfBrowsableInstitutionalCollections=5
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Amygdala: What It Is and What It Controls. (n.d.). my.clevelandclinic.org. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24894-amygdala
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Vincent, L. & Frederick, W. R. (2010). Role of the Basolateral Amygdala in the Reinstatement and Extinction of Fear Responses to a Previously Extinguished Conditioned Stimulus. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.1655010
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Lee, J., An, B., & Choi, S. (2021). Longitudinal recordings of single units in the basal amygdala during fear conditioning and extinction. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90530-x
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The Medial Amygdala-Medullary PrRP-Synthesizing Neuron Pathway Mediates Neuroendocrine Responses to Contextual Conditioned Fear in Male Rodents. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2013-1411
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PubMed: Effects of a microinjection of morphine into the amygdala on the acquisition and expression of conditioned fear and hypoalgesia in rats.. (n.d.). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7576207/
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Ding, A. Y., Li, Q., Zhou, I. Y., Ma, S. J., Tong, G., & McAlonan, G. M. (2013). MR diffusion tensor imaging detects rapid microstructural changes in amygdala and hippocampus following fear conditioning in mice.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051704
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Sehlmeyer, C., Schöning, S., Zwitserlood, P., Pfleiderer, B., Kircher, T., & Arolt, V. (2009). Human Fear Conditioning and Extinction in Neuroimaging: A Systematic Review. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005865
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