Called the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST), it was about the size of a sunflower seed and located near the amygdala.

它被称为终纹床核，大小与葵花籽相仿，位于杏仁核附近。

The amygdala is responsible for the fight or flight instinct that generates emotion such as fear, terror and anxiety.

杏仁体主管应激反应产生恐惧害怕焦虑等情绪。

Emotional memory is supported by a small almond-shaped structure called the amygdala and its connections.

情绪性记忆是由一颗小杏仁状、称为 “杏仁核” 的结构以及其神经连接所支撑的。

Here's Professor Geraint Rees: We find there are two areas of the brain–one called the anterior cingulate and the other called the amygdala, whose structure seems to vary according to their self-described political attitudes.

杰伦特·里斯教授说: 我发现大脑中有两个区域，一个叫做前扣带，另一个叫做杏仁核，其结构似乎根据我描述的政治态度而变化。

Turns out our brains contain an almond-sized amygdala that secretes fight-or-flight hormones all day, and evolution has programmed our amygdalas to look for, find, and solve problems.

事实证明，我的大脑中有一个杏仁大小的杏仁核，整天分泌战斗或逃跑的激素，而我的杏仁核经进化成了为寻找、发现和解决问题的存在。

Meanwhile, the amygdala and cingulate cortex, regions associated with emotion and motivation, are highly active.

与此同时，与情绪和动机相关的杏仁核和扣带皮层高度活跃。

How can we disengage or unhook ourselves from the horns of the amygdala?

我能脱离或脱离杏仁核的牛角呢？

In the first stage, TDP-43 accumulates in the amygdala.

在第一阶段，TDP-43 在杏仁核内积聚。

Mourey explained that when you feel that a price is unfair, you actually have more activity in your amygdala, a part of your brain that processes emotional pain.

莫瑞解释，当你感觉到一个价格不合理的时候，你大脑的杏仁核部分是很活跃的，杏仁核就是大脑中处理情感上烦恼或痛苦的一个部分。

Whether the music was happy or sad, listening to the pianist playing in a dynamic way generated more activity in both the amygdala and other parts of the brain's emotion processing network.

无论音乐是快乐还是悲伤，听钢琴家现场演奏会在杏仁核和处理情绪的其部分产生更多活动。

The amygdalas are a pair of structures, one in each cerebral hemisphere, that are found deep inside the brain and are responsible for assessing threats and generating the emotion of fear.

杏仁核是成对的，两个大脑半球中各有一个，它在大脑的深处，有辨识危险和产生恐惧心理的作用。

But over time, alcohol's dampening effect on the amygdala decreases, while the region itself becomes " hyperactive in between bouts of drinking, " according to Aaron White, a senior scientific adviser at the N.I.A.A.A.

但美国国家防止酒精滥用与酒精中毒研究所的高级科学顾问亚伦·怀特表示，随着时间的推移，酒精对杏仁核的抑制作用逐渐减弱，而杏仁核本身却“在两次饮酒之间变得过度活跃”。

The amygdala is a crucial part of the brain that produces fear, anxiety and emotional responses — including that sinking, guilty feeling you get when you lie.

杏仁核是大脑中产生恐惧、焦虑和情绪反应的关键部分，包括你撒谎时沮丧和内疚的感觉。

From these patients, they deduced that new memories are formed in the hippocampus, fear comes from the amygdala, and we recognize faces using the fusiform face area.

从这些病人身上推断出：新记忆产生于河马体，恐惧来于扁桃体，我用纺锤形脸区识别不同的脸。

So basically, our brain's threat detection system, the amygdala, it kicks into overdrive whenever we perceive something as scary or uncertain, even if there's no real danger.

简单来说，我大脑中的威胁探测系统——杏仁核，在我感知到某件事可怕或不确定时会过度反应，即使实际上并没有真正的危险。

When these microscope-wearing mice were poked with a pin or exposed to mild heat or cold, cells in a subregion of their amygdalas lit up.

当这些戴着显微镜的老鼠被针戳或暴露在温热或寒冷环境中时，它杏仁核区域的细胞会被激活。

While many areas of the brain are involved in anger—such as the hypothalamus and periaqueductal gray mediate—the main area that gets activated when we're angry at someone is the amygdala.

虽然大脑的许多区域都与愤怒有关——比如下丘脑和导水管周围灰质介质——但当我对某人生气时，主要激活的区域是杏仁核。

Inside your brain, the amygdala, which is the part that deals with emotion, will start to react within a quarter of a second and start freaking out.

大脑内部的杏仁核是处理情绪的部件，它将在四分之一秒内开始反应并开始发怒。

The amygdala will kind of tag the memory as very salient and gear the whole hippocampal visual system towards storing a very detailed memory of the event.

杏仁核会将记忆标记为非常突出，并使整个海马体视觉系统对该事件储存非常详细的记忆。

This part of the limbic system includes your short-term memory keeper, the hippocampus, and the emotional amygdala, which controls sexual and social behavior.

这部分边缘系统包括你的短期记忆守护者、海马体、情感杏仁体，从而控制性和社会行为。