Set of brain structures involved in emotion and motivation
Limbic system
Cross section of the human brain showing parts of the limbic system from below. Traité d'Anatomie et de Physiologie (1786)
The limbic system largely consists of what was previously known as the limbic lobe.
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Latin
systema limbicum
MeSH
D008032
NeuroNames
2055
FMA
242000
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The limbic system, also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain.[1]
Its various components support a variety of functions including emotion, behavior, long-term memory, and olfaction.[2]
The limbic system is involved in lower order emotional processing of input from sensory systems and consists of the amygdala, mammillary bodies, stria medullaris, central gray and dorsal and ventral nuclei of Gudden.[3] This processed information is often relayed to a collection of structures from the telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon, including the prefrontal cortex, cingulate gyrus, limbic thalamus, hippocampus including the parahippocampal gyrus and subiculum, nucleus accumbens (limbic striatum), anterior hypothalamus, ventral tegmental area, midbrain raphe nuclei, habenular commissure, entorhinal cortex, and olfactory bulbs.[3][4][5]
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^Catani, M; Dell'Acqua, F; Thiebaut De Schotten, M (2013). "A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 37 (8): 1724–37. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.07.001. PMID 23850593. S2CID 28044712.
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