Amygdala

"Amygdala" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the INFERIOR HORN OF THE LATERAL VENTRICLE of the TEMPORAL LOBE. The amygdala is part of the limbic system.

Descriptor ID	D000679
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.464.090 A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152
Concept/Terms	Amygdala Amygdala Amygdaloid Nuclear Complex Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices Complex, Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices, Amygdaloid Nuclear Nuclear Complex, Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices, Amygdaloid Nucleus Amygdalae Amygdalae, Nucleus Archistriatum Archistriatums Corpus Amygdaloideum Amygdaloideum, Corpus Amygdaloideums, Corpus Corpus Amygdaloideums Amygdaloid Body Amygdaloid Bodies Amygdaloid Nucleus Nucleus, Amygdaloid Intercalated Amygdaloid Nuclei Intercalated Amygdaloid Nuclei Amygdaloid Nuclei, Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus, Intercalated Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus Nuclei, Intercalated Amygdaloid Nucleus, Intercalated Amygdaloid Massa Intercalata Intercalata, Massa Intercalatas, Massa Massa Intercalatas

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Limbic System [A08.186.211.464]
Amygdala [A08.186.211.464.090]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Basal Ganglia [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249]
Amygdala [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152]

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Bar chart showing 16 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2001 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	2	2
2001	1	2	3
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	2	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1

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Wallace AL, Huestis MA, Sullivan RM, Wade NE. Amygdala volume and depression symptoms in young adolescents who use cannabis. Behav Brain Res. 2024 08 24; 472:115150.

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Wu C, Jermakowicz WJ, Chakravorti S, Cajigas I, Sharan AD, Jagid JR, Matias CM, Sperling MR, Buckley R, Ko A, Ojemann JG, Miller JW, Youngerman B, Sheth SA, McKhann GM, Laxton AW, Couture DE, Popli GS, Smith A, Mehta AD, Ho AL, Halpern CH, Englot DJ, Neimat JS, Konrad PE, Neal E, Vale FL, Holloway KL, Air EL, Schwalb J, Dawant BM, D'Haese PF. Effects of surgical targeting in laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicenter study of 234 patients. Epilepsia. 2019 06; 60(6):1171-1183.

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Kleshchova O, Rieder JK, Grinband J, Weierich MR. Resting amygdala connectivity and basal sympathetic tone as markers of chronic hypervigilance. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 04; 102:68-78.

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DelDonno SR, Jenkins LM, Crane NA, Nusslock R, Ryan KA, Shankman SA, Phan KL, Langenecker SA. Affective traits and history of depression are related to ventral striatum connectivity. J Affect Disord. 2017 10 15; 221:72-80.

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Boileau I, Mansouri E, Williams B, Le Foll B, Rusjan P, Mizrahi R, Tyndale RF, Huestis MA, Payer DE, Wilson AA, Houle S, Kish SJ, Tong J. Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Binding in Brain of Cannabis Users: Imaging With the Novel Radiotracer [11C]CURB. Biol Psychiatry. 2016 11 01; 80(9):691-701.

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Kang JY, Wu C, Tracy J, Lorenzo M, Evans J, Nei M, Skidmore C, Mintzer S, Sharan AD, Sperling MR. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2016 Feb; 57(2):325-34.

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Wu C, Boorman DW, Gorniak RJ, Farrell CJ, Evans JJ, Sharan AD. The effects of anatomic variations on stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampectomy and a proposed protocol for trajectory planning. Neurosurgery. 2015 Jun; 11 Suppl 2:345-56; discussion 356-7.

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Mcgrath JA. Lipoid proteinosis. Handb Clin Neurol. 2015; 132:317-22.

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Jacobs RH, Jenkins LM, Gabriel LB, Barba A, Ryan KA, Weisenbach SL, Verges A, Baker AM, Peters AT, Crane NA, Gotlib IH, Zubieta JK, Phan KL, Langenecker SA, Welsh RC. Increased coupling of intrinsic networks in remitted depressed youth predicts rumination and cognitive control. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104366.

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Doucet GE, Skidmore C, Sharan AD, Sperling MR, Tracy JI. Functional connectivity abnormalities vary by amygdala subdivision and are associated with psychiatric symptoms in unilateral temporal epilepsy. Brain Cogn. 2013 Nov; 83(2):171-82.

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