Happy New Year from Southern St. Joseph County! Pictured here is downtown North Liberty during the holidays in the 1950s. As a resolution, of sorts, I'm going to attempt to update this page more often in 2017. This image, provide by Allen Balsley, is featured in the 2015 book on Southern St. Joseph County, published by Arcadia and the History Press.
Amygdala - Function. 1  The amygdala sends projections to the hypothalamus, the dorsomedial thalamus, the thalamic reticular nucleus, the nuclei of the trigeminal nerve and the facial nerve, the ventral tegmental area, the locus coeruleus, and the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. [5]
One long-standing idea is that the amygdala consists of an evolutionarily primitive division associated with the olfactory system (cortical, medial and central nuclei) and an evolutionarily newer division associated with the neocortex (lateral, basal, and accessory basal nuclei).tructural and/or functional changes in the amygdala are associated with a wide variety of psychiatric conditions in humans. Included are various anxiety disorders (PTSD, phobia, and panic), depression, schizophrenia, and autism, to name a few.