“The Fascinating Link Between Fear and the Amygdala: Exploring Urbach-Wite Disease”

2023-05-16 03:00:04

The ability to be afraid disappears if the center of fear in the brain, the amygdala of the limbic system, is destroyed.. This happens, for example, with a genetic disease – Urbach-Wite disease. This is a very rare pathology in which the synthesis of the elastic matrix of the skin and mucous membranes is disrupted. As a result, the skin becomes dense and wrinkled, and the voice becomes hoarse, there is a thickening of areas of the brain, including the amygdala.

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