#summary Medial Posterior Ventral Amygdaloid Nucleus @@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [BrainAreaFAM] -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MPV] ---- This page covers biological details of component Medial Posterior Ventral 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_MPV Medial Posterior Ventral Amygdaloid Nucleus] (FAM.FT.AM.MPV) (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*: defensive behavior * *Notes to function*: * MePV -> LAC.FD.HT.VM (reproductive+defensive), LAC.FD.HT.AH (defensive) (generated) = Components = (generated) * no child items defined = Connectivity = (generated) http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/FAM.FT.AM.MPV.dot.png *Inbound Region Connections:* || *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_LAVM FAM.FT.AM.LAVM] || Ventromedial Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||[http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2014.00068/full Summary of the main extra-amygdaloid and intra-amygdaloid connections in the rat (L -> M, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MEA FAM.FT.AM.MEA] || Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||(unknown reference) || *Outbound Region Connections:* || *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* || || [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_SEP_LT FAM.FT.SEP.LT] || Lateral Septal Nucleus || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || (unknown reference) || || [BrainAreaFMM FMM] || [BrainRegionFMM_FD_TH_RE FMM.FD.TH.RE] || Reuniens Nucleus of Thalamus || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || [http://www.springerimages.com/Images/LifeSciences/1-10.1007_s00359-004-0565-9-0 Oculomotor decision-making (AMYG -> Thalamus, abstract)] || || [BrainAreaLAC LAC] || [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PRM LAC.FD.HT.PRM] || Premammillary Nucleus || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || [http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (AM -> HT.L, abstract)] || || || [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_VM LAC.FD.HT.VM] || Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus || inhibitory-gaba || 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://img.springerimages.com/Images/Springer/PUB=Springer-Verlag-Berlin-Heidelberg/JOU=00359/VOL=2005.191/ISU=3/ART=2004_565/MediaObjects/WATER_s00359-004-0565-9fhc1.jpg Oculomotor decision-making] - see [http://www.springerimages.com/Images/LifeSciences/1-10.1007_s00359-004-0565-9-0 Reference] (CP.OCULOMOTOR-DECISION-MAKING) AMYG=[BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM] CGa=Anterior Cingulate Cortex,NC.AL.ACG (see [BrainCenterNC_ACG Anterior Cingulate Area]) CGp=[BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_PSCG Posterior Cingulate Cortex,NCP.NC.MPL.PSCG] Caudate=Caudate Nucleus,FEC.FT.CN (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia]) FEF=Frontal Eye Field,NMA.NC.PMC.FEF (see [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex]) LIP=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPS_LIP Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP] NAC=Accumbens Nucleus,FEC.FT.ACC (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia]) OFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex]) PFC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex]) SC=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]) SEF=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_SMC_SEF Supplementary Eye Field,NPE.NC.SMC.SEF] SNc=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNC_LT Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Lateral,FEC.FT.SNC.LT] SNr=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_DL Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Dorsolateral,FEC.FT.SNR.DL] Thalamus=Thalamus,FD.TH VTA=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA Ventral Tegmental Area,LMC.MM.VTA] unavailable * [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://neuropolitics.org/connect-amygdala.jpg Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex] - see [http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Reference] (CF.AM-DISRUPTION) ACG=Anterior Cingulate Cortex,NC.AL.ACG (see [BrainCenterNC_ACG Anterior Cingulate Area]) AM=[BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM] HC=Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation]) HT.L=Lateral Hypothalamic Area,LAC.FD.HT.LT (see [BrainCenterFD_HT Hypothalamus]) HT.PV=[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PV Paraventricular Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.PV] INS=[BrainCenterNC_INS Insular Cortex,NC.INS] LC=[BrainRegionLMC_HT_LC Locus Coeruleus,LMC.HT.LC] MPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex]) PAG=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG] PB=[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PRF_PB Parabrachial Nucleus,LPC.HT.PRF.PB] PUT=[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_ENDOCRINE Endocrine Glands,TARGET.TEA.ENDOCRINE] SOL=[BrainRegionLPC_HL_SOL Solitary Nucleus,LPC.HL.SOL] TH=Thalamus,FD.TH unavailable = References = (generated) * http://www.springerimages.com/Images/LifeSciences/1-10.1007_s00359-004-0565-9-0 * http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html * http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp