Abstract: Abstract: The emotional memory is intense and long lasting,which provides the prominent status to it in the memory. Amygadala is a critical brain area involving the emotional memory, and the lateral nuclei of amygadala is regarded as the central body of establishing of the emotional circuits. Fear conditioning is an effective way to research the emotional memory, especially the emotional circuits. Encoding, consolidaton and retrieval of the emotional memory are influenced by the interaction of amygdala and other relational areas, and hormonal regulation play an important role in these processes. Recent research advances will be referred to discuss the neural basis of the emotional memory

Key words: emotional memory, amygdala, fear conditioning, hormone