an almond-shaped part, such as a tonsil or a lobe of the cerebellum
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin: almond
Examples of 'amygdalae' in a sentence
amygdalae
Only one out of twelve correlations for the amygdalae was nominally significant, which did not survive correction for multiple comparisons.
Jojanneke A Bastiaansen, Elise C Bennik, Jan Bernard C Marsman, Johan Ormel, AndréAleman, Albertine J Oldehinkel 2018, 'Prefrontal cortex activation during a cognitive reappraisal task is associated withreal-life negative affect reactivity.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6121771?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, individuals with larger baseline amygdalae experienced greater decreases in loneliness due to greater reductions in stress (0.35, p = 0.02).
Diane K. Ehlers, Ana M. Daugherty, Agnieszka Z. Burzynska, Jason Fanning, ElizabethA. Awick, Laura Chaddock-Heyman, Arthur F. Kramer, Edward McAuley 2017, 'Regional Brain Volumes Moderate, but Do Not Mediate, the Effects of Group-Based ExerciseTraining on Reductions in Loneliness in Older Adults', Frontiers in Aging Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00110/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)