Research Catalog

Title

Living without an amygdala / edited by David G. Amaral, Ralph Adolphs.

Publication

New York : The Guilford Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors

• Amaral, David, 1950-
• Adolphs, Ralph

Description

xviii, 430 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

• "Bringing together leading researchers, this book comprehensively covers what is known about the amygdala, with a unique focus on what happens when this key brain region is damaged or missing. Offering a truly comparative approach, the volume presents research on rats, monkeys, and humans. It reports on compelling cases of people living without an amygdala, whether due to genetic conditions, disease, or other causes. The consequences for an individual's ability to detect danger and regulate emotions--and for broader cognitive and social functions--are explored, as are lessons learned about brain pathways and plasticity. The volume delves into the role of the amygdala in psychiatric disorders and identifies important directions for future research. Illustrations include six color plates"--
• "Subject Areas/Keywords: amygdala, animals, anxiety, brains, cognitive, damaged, danger, disease, emotion regulation, fear, functions, human, lesions, mental disorders, neural pathways, neurological, neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, nonhuman primates, plasticity, psychiatric disorders, Urbach

Subjects

• MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General
• MEDICAL / Neuroscience
• Emotions and cognition
• Affective neuroscience
• Emotions
• PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions
• Neuropsychology
• PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology
• Amygdala > physiopathology
• Amygdaloid body
• Amygdala > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A Tale of Survival from the World of Patient S. M. / Justin S. Feinstein, Ralph Adolphs, and Daniel Tranel -- 2. A Synopsis of Primate Amygdala Neuroanatomy / Cynthia M. Schumann, Martha V. Vargas, and Aaron Lee -- 3. A Short History of the Lesion Technique for Probing Amygdala Function / David G. Amaral -- 4. Role of the Rodent Amygdala in Early Development / Emma Sarro and Regina M. Sullivan -- 5. Foraging in the Face of Fear : Novel Strategies for Evaluating Amygdala Functions in Rats / Jeansok J. Kim, June-Seek Choi, and Hongjoo J. Lee -- 6. Lifetime Consequences of Early Amygdala Damage in Rhesus Monkeys / Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Gilda Moadab, and David G. Amaral -- 7. The Effects of Neonatal Amygdala Lesions in Rhesus Monkeys Living in a Species-Typical Social Environment / Jocelyne Bachevalier, Mar Sanchez, Jessica Raper, Shannon B. Z. Stephens, and Kim Wallen -- 8. The Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Is a Critical Substrate for Individual Differences in Anxiety / Jonathan A. Oler, Andrew S. Fox, Alexander J. Shackman, and Ned H. Kalin -- 9. Monkeys without an Amygdala / Elisabeth A. Murray and Sarah E. V. Rhodes -- 10. Consequences of Developmental Bilateral Amygdala Lesions in Humans / Ralph Adolphs -- 11. Behavioral Consequences and Compensatory Adaptations after Early Bilateral Amygdala Damage in Monozygotic Twins / Alexandra Patin and René Hurlemann -- 12. Consequences of Selective Bilateral Lesions to the Basolateral Amygdala in Humans / Jack van Honk, David Terburg, Helena Thornton, Dan J. Stein, and Barak Morgan -- 13. Attending to the World without an Amygdala / Rebecca M. Todd, Adam K. Anderson, and Elizabeth A. Phelps -- 14. Implications for Understanding Amygdala Function in Mental Disorders / Christopher S. Monk and Daniel S. Pine -- Epilogue / David G. Amaral and Ralph Adolphs.

ISBN

• 9781462525942
• 1462525946

LCCN

• 2016016690
• 99971891812

OCLC

• ocn923551595
• 923551595
• SCSB-5887361

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries