In this article it talks about how 3 UTSA researchers ranging from a professor to a graduate student, have found new pathways in the amygdala. The amygdala is the region in the brain where depression and Alzheimers usually start to develop. The reason for this research was to have a better understanding on metal disorders. By studying the emotional pathway in a rats brain it gave the researcher the results they needed. Not only with their knowledge but with advancements in technology were they able to find out this emotional pathway that could be responsible for these diseases.
In the brain, there are some inhibitory neurons, which can change the amygdala neurons which totally mess up the purpose of the amygdala. With that, the neurons contain a substance that regulates the functions and connections with primary brain neurons that protect the region outside the amygdala. The researchers noticed that they should change up things in their next experiments to see if fear has something to do with the pathway which can cause the disorders mentioned previously. Overall this research is kind of out of this world. The brain is a complex organ, and if its affected our whole body is as well. So to see how some research can tell us about certain illnesses is pretty impressive.
Article from LinkedIn: https://www.utsa.edu/today/2019/11/story/brain-amygdala.html
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