BrainRegionFAM FT AM MEA

Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus

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This page covers biological details of component Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Forebrain Telencephalon -> Extended Amygdala (FAM.FT.EXTAM) -> Amygdala (FAM.FT.AM) -> Corticomedial Nuclear Complex (FAM.FT.AM.CTM) -> Centromedial Nuclei (FAM.FT.AM.CM) -> Medial Amygdala (FAM.FT.AM.M) -> Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus (FAM.FT.AM.MEA) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: nucleus
• Brain area: Forebrain - Affective Motivations Area
• Role: processor.affective.flight
• Function: olfactory processing

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Components

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• no child items defined

Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Source Area	Source Region	Source Name	Type	Reference
FAM	FAM.FT.AM.COP	Posterior Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
LPC	LPC.FT.AOB	Accessory Olfactory Bulb	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
FAM	FAM.FT.AM.CEM	Medial Central Amygdaloid Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Body alarm system (MED -> CE, abstract)
	FAM.FT.AM.MPD	Medial Posterior Dorsal Amygdaloid Nucleus	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
	FAM.FT.AM.MPV	Medial Posterior Ventral Amygdaloid Nucleus	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
	FAM.FT.BNST	Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
	FAM.FT.IPAC.MED	Medial Interstitial Anterior Commissural Nucleus	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
LAC	LAC.FD.HT.VLPO	Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Role for serotonin in moral behavior (AMY -> HYP, abstract)

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Role for serotonin in moral behavior - see Reference

map: 
ACG=Anterior Cingulate Cortex,NC.AL.ACG (see Anterior Cingulate Area)
AMY=Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM
HYP=Hypothalamus,FD.HT
LPFC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex)
OMPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex)

• Body alarm system - see Reference

map: 
AB=Accessory Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.AB
BM=Magnocellular Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.BM
BP=Parvicellular Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.BP
CE=Central Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM.CEA (see Amygdala)
LA=Lateral Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.LA (see Amygdala)
MED=Medial Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM.M (see Amygdala)

References

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• http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html
• http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_04/i_04_cl/i_04_cl_peu/i_04_cl_peu.html