NEURAL BASIS OF EMOTION

Neural basis of emotions

The amygdala organizes behavioral, autonomic, and

hormonal responses to a variety of situations,
including those that produce fear, anger, or disgust. In
addition, it is involved in the effects of odours and
pheromones on sexual and maternal behaviour.
It receives inputs from the olfactory system, the
association cortex of the temporal lobe, the frontal
cortex, and the rest of the limbic system.
The outputs go to the frontal cortex, hypothalamus,
hippocampal formation, and brain stem nuclei that
control autonomic functions and some species-typical
behaviours.
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Group of neurons in the amygdala responds

primarily to faces . They are probably part of a
system which has evolved for the rapid and reliable
identification of individuals from their faces, and of
facial expressions, because of the importance of
this in primate social behavior. Consistent with this,
activation of the human amygdala can be produced
in neuroimaging studies by some face expressions,
and lesions of the human amygdala may cause
difficulty in
 Neural basis of emotions

• In the central nervous system acetyl choline is

involved in wakefulness, attentiveness, anger,
aggression, sexuality, and thirst .
Dopamine, Serotonin, Oxytocin, and Endorphins are
the quartet responsible for your happiness
• Depression, anxiety and other mood disorders are
thought to be directly related to imbalances with
neurotransmitters. The four major neurotransmitters
that regulate mood
are Serotonin, Dopamine, GABA and Norepinephrine.
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When operating properly, the nervous

system maintains an equilibrium between
inhibitory neurotransmitters (calming) –
GABA & Serotonin and excitatory
(stimulating) – neurotransmitters
Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine
and Glutamate
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