amygdala

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Definition of amygdala in English Turkish dictionary: (Anatomi) badem örn: nucleus amygdalae (corpus amygdaloideum)

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Definition of amygdala in English English dictionary: The region of the brain, located in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans; (Anatomi) (plural amygdalae) A roughly almond-shaped mass of grey matter deep inside each hemisphere of the brain, associated with the sense of smell; An almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior portion of the temporal lobe. Also called amygdaloid nucleus; A STRUCTURE THAT IS PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRAIN IT IS WHERE WE REMEMBER THINGS THAT FRIGHTENED US; an almond-shaped group of cells in the temporal lobes of the brain, which is a major part of the limbic system that controls the emotions; An almond-shaped cluster of small structures near the limbic region The amygdala plays a key role in regulating emotions like anger, fear, love, and sadness; almond shaped structure in the brain's limbic system that encodes emotional messages to long term storage; An almond-shaped structure of the vertebrate brain, involved in the generation of emotions It also plays a role in the development of memories; Structure of the limbic system in the anterior temporal lobe Also a structure in the basal ganglia; The one of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that is part of the limbic system and consists of an almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior extremity of the temporal lobe; an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior; part of the limbic system, which seems to provide the emotional assessment of a new sensation with the memory of a similar sensation; A brain structure involved in the arousal and regulation of emotion; it may also play a role in the association of memories formed in different senses; One of the tonsils of the pharynx; An almond; One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula; The region of the brain, located in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in animals and humans; {i} (Anatomy) almond-shaped part; almond-shaped portion of the brain located in the temporal region