... for some time.Areas of the amygdala are included in both the fear and sex circuits.However, the circuits are otherwise quite different. Even within the amygdaladifferent areas are involved in ... arousalpathways are relatively nonspecific since they influence many cortical areassimultaneously. Specificity comes from the fact that the effects of arousal are most significant on circuits that are active. ... 1992; Maren, Aharonov, & Fanselow, 1997; Frankland et al.,1998). Areas of the hippocampus project to B and AB in the amygdala(Canteras & Swanson, 1992), and damage to these areas interferes...