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idea of abnormal activity of hippocampus- amygdala relationship in misophonia

in there 2024 study looking at the impact of perceived sound source ( family members vs not family members) on the Misophonia response, the authors describes an interesting idea (that the article does not test) where the Misophonia response can be partially explained by abnormal hippocampus function in response to chronic stress. pointing to a proposed role of the hippocampus in in regulating stress from the amygdala, the misfunctioning of the hippocampus due to stress may result in trigger sounds invoking the retrieval of negative memories with the unconscious effect of of giving negative affect to the sound and thus producing automatic sensory resposnes via its connection to the amygdala. (this is an idea that could use further investigating) (Müfreze et al., 2024)