limbic system
Brain's feeling center
The limbic system is a group of interconnected brain structures involved in emotion, motivation, memory, and behavior.
It includes the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus, among other regions.
The limbic system processes fear responses, forms memories, and regulates drives like hunger and sex.
Trauma can alter limbic system function.
- mammillary bodiesBrainstem nuclei for memory
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
- threat detectionIdentifying possible dangers
- entorhinal cortexMedial temporal lobe structure
- thalamusBrain's signal switchboard
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limbic systemneocortex
Higher cognition brain region
prefrontal cortex · cerebral cortex · cortex · frontal lobes · executive function
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