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Central amygdala directs behavioral responses to emotionally salient stimuli. While most studies have focused on aversive responses, some central amygdala neurons promote feeding and are positively reinforcing.

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Figure 1: Neural circuits promoting consummatory behavior and suppressing consummatory behavior.

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  1. the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Yoav Livneh & Mark L Andermann

  2. the Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Mark L Andermann

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Livneh, Y., Andermann, M. Yummy or yucky? Ask your central amygdala. Nat Neurosci 20, 1321–1322 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4639

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