Amygdala, concepts

Raisman G. (1972). An experimental study of the projection of the amygdala to the accessory olfactory bulb and its relationship to the concept of a dual olfactory system. Exp Brain Res 14, 395-404. 

Morphometric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies provide further support for the concept of a subtle developmental brain anomaly. Szeszko et al. (1999) noted that OCD patients had reduced orbito-frontal and amygdala volumes bilaterally, and absence of the normal hemispheric asymmetry of the hippocampus-amygdala complex. Morphometric measurements of the basal ganglia also reveal decreased caudate size (Robinson et al., 1995 Jenike et al., 1996). 

THE CONCEPT OF EXTENDED AMYGDALA IN INFORMATION PROCESSING WITHIN DOPAMINERGIC CIRCUITS... 

FIGURE 6.22.4 In their concept of brain visual function, Kbrner and Matsumoto (2002) attribute a visual representation of objects to various older structures of the brain (colliculus superior (CS) and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)). Higher-level processing in the inferotemporal cortex is limited by persona attributes defined by the amygdala (part of the limbic system). (From Kbrner, E. and Matsumoto, G., IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Mag., 21, 121, September/October 2002. With permission. 2002 IEEE.)... 

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