A new study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that consuming refined diets for as little as three ...

"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 ...