Handbook of Amygdala Structure and Function

Janice H. Urban is Professor and Chair of the Discipline of Physiology and Biophysics and Director for the Center for the Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders at the Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Urban completed her graduate training in the department of Pharmacology at Loyola University Chicago and post-doctoral work at the University of Washington and Northwestern University. Dr. Urban’s research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress responses and the development of stress resilience. Most recently, her work examines the role of neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors in generating resilience through modulation of neural circuits in the amygdala. Dr. Rosenkranz graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997. He remained at the University of Pittsburgh to earn the M. S. degree in 1999 and the PhD in 2002, both in Neuroscience. Following postdoctoral work at the Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas-Austin he joined the faculty of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology of the Chicago Medical School in 2007.

• 1. Functional Neuroanatomy of the Basolateral Amygdala: Neurons, Neurotransmitters, and Circuits2. The Medial Amygdala: Structure and Function3. Amygdala Neuron Subtypes Based on Genetics, Physiology and Anatomy4. Amygdala physiology in pain5. Neural Plasticity of the Amygdala6. Plasticity of amygdala neurons underlying fear learning and extinction7. Neuropeptide Y and Amygdala Circuitry: Modulation of Stress Behaviors8. The Amygdalar Opioid System9. Noradrenergic Regulation of the Basolateral Amygdala10. Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) in Stress, Pain, and Learning11. Protect and Harm - Effects of Stress on the Amygdala12. Sex Differences in Amygdala Structure and Function: From Rodents to Humans