#summary Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus @@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [BrainAreaFAM] -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MEA] ---- 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) -> [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala] (FAM.FT.AM) -> Corticomedial Nuclear Complex (FAM.FT.AM.CTM) -> Centromedial Nuclei (FAM.FT.AM.CM) -> Medial Amygdala (FAM.FT.AM.M) -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MEA Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus] (FAM.FT.AM.MEA) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps]) * *Type*: nucleus * *Quality*: L0 * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaFAM Forebrain - Affective Motivations Area] (FAM) * *Area circuit*: Express Flight Emotions (FAMXEFL) * *Role*: processor.affective.flight * *Function*: olfactory processing (generated) = Components = (generated) * no child items defined = Connectivity = (generated) http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/FAM.FT.AM.MEA.dot.png *Inbound Region Connections:* || *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_COP FAM.FT.AM.COP] || Posterior Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||(unknown reference) || *Outbound Region Connections:* || *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_CEM FAM.FT.AM.CEM] || Medial Central Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_04/i_04_cl/i_04_cl_peu/i_04_cl_peu.html Body alarm system (MED -> CE, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MPD FAM.FT.AM.MPD] || Medial Posterior Dorsal Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MPV FAM.FT.AM.MPV] || Medial Posterior Ventral Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_BNST FAM.FT.BNST] || Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_IPAC_MED FAM.FT.IPAC.MED] || Medial Interstitial Anterior Commissural Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || [BrainAreaLAC LAC] || [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_VLPO LAC.FD.HT.VLPO] || Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (AMY -> HYP, abstract)] || = Thirdparty Circuits = (generated) * [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.medium.gif Role for serotonin in moral behavior] - see [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Reference] (CF.EMOTIONAL-MODULATION) ACG=Anterior Cingulate Cortex,NC.AL.ACG (see [BrainCenterNC_ACG Anterior Cingulate Area]) AMY=[BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM] HYP=[BrainCenterFD_HT Hypothalamus,FD.HT] LPFC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex]) OMPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex]) unavailable * [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_04/i_04_cl/i_04_cl_peu/i_04_cl_peu_1a.jpg Body alarm system] - see [http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_04/i_04_cl/i_04_cl_peu/i_04_cl_peu.html Reference] (CF.BODY-ALARM) AB=[BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_AB Accessory Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.AB] BM=[BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_BM Magnocellular Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.BM] BP=[BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_BP Parvicellular Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.BP] CE=Central Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM.CEA (see [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala]) LA=Lateral Amygdaloid Nucleus,FAM.FT.AM.LA (see [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala]) MED=Medial Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM.M (see [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala]) unavailable = References = (generated) * 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