“The Intriguing Connection Between Urbach-Wite Disease and Fear”

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.