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ArticleCell reports2025

Human amygdala nuclei show distinct developmental trajectories from adolescence to adulthood in functional integration with prefrontal circuitry.

Amar Ojha, Will Foran, Finnegan J Calabro, Valerie J Sydnor, Daniel J Petrie, Ashley C Parr, Alyssa Famalette, Natalie Phang, Arshia Sista, Shawn F Sorrells and 1 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Contributions of the basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens to sustaining not just initiating cognitive effort.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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11 authors.

Amar OjhaCenter for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: amo80@pitt.edu.
Will ForanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Finnegan J CalabroDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Valerie J SydnorCenter for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Daniel J PetrieCenter for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ashley C ParrCenter for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Alyssa FamaletteDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Natalie PhangDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Arshia SistaDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Shawn F SorrellsCenter for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Beatriz LunaCenter for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

Refinement of Brain Mechanisms Underlying the Developmental Stabilization from Adolescent to Adult Neurocognitive ProcessingR01MH067924 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BEATRIZ LUNA · 2004 to 2026
$14.0M
CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING IN CHILD PSYCHIATRYT32MH018951 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TINA R GOLDSTEIN · 1990 to 2026
$9.7M
Training for Transformative Discovery in PsychiatryT32MH016804 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SWEET, ROBERT A · 1985 to 2025
$6.2M
INTERDISCIPLINARY ALCOHOL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32AA007453 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BROOKE S.G. MOLINA · 1985 to 2026
$3.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007453NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH067924NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH016804NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescent neurodevelopment of affective and cognitive control, crucial for healthy functioning and impaired transdiagnostically, is supported by refinements between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC). Due to technical limitations, fronto-amygdala connectivity remains poorly characterized. Here, we leverage multimodal longitudinal 7 T neuroimaging data in 143 healthy participants aged 10-32 to examine developmental trajectories between subject-specific amygdala nuclei and PFC subregions. We find age-related functional connectivity changes between the lateral PFC and basolateral amygdala, ventral portions of the PFC and central amygdala, and the anterior cingulate cortex and corticoamygdaloid transition area. Variability in connectivity strength relates to individual differences in affective and cognitive control. Using a data-driven meta-analytic decoding approach, we find functional specialization across nuclei and development. Together, these data recapitulate amygdala heterogeneity from animal models and inform how diverse subcircuits support adaptive functioning and confer psychiatric risk during developmental windows of heightened plasticity.

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AmygdalaPrefrontal CortexAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural PathwaysYoung Adult7 Tadolescenceaffective controlamygdala nucleiCP: Neurosciencefunctional connectivityneurodevelopmentprefrontal cortexultra-high-field fMRIworking memory

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PMID40946311
PMCPMC12634048

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