Limbic System
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Limbic System. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Limbic System.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Amygdala - Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the br...
CA1 Region, Hippocampal - One of four subsections of the hippocampus described by Lorente de No, located furthest from the DEN...
CA2 Region, Hippocampal - A subsection of the hippocampus, described by Lorente de No, that is located between the HIPPOCAMPUS...
CA3 Region, Hippocampal - A subsection of the hippocampus, described by Lorente de No, that is located between the HIPPOCAMPUS...
Dentate Gyrus - Gray matter situated above the gyrus hippocampi. It is composed of three layers. The molecular layer...
Entorhinal Cortex - The cytoarchitecturally well-defined area of multilaminate cerebral cortex on the medial aspect of t...
Epithalamus - The dorsal posterior subdivision of the diencephalon. The epithalamus is generally considered to inc...
Fornix, Brain - Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to th...
Gyrus Cinguli - One of the convolutions on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It surrounds the rostral p...
Habenula - A small protuberance at the dorsal, posterior corner of the wall of the third ventricle, adjacent to...
Hippocampus - A curved elevation of gray matter extending the entire length of the floor of the temporal horn of t...
Hypothalamus - Ventral part of the diencephalon extending from the region of the optic chiasm to the caudal border ...
Islands of Calleja - Discrete clusters of pyramidal and polymorphic cells in the caudal part of the anterior perforated s...
Limbic System - A set of forebrain structures common to all mammals that is defined functionally and anatomically. I...
Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal - Axons of certain cells in the DENTATE GYRUS. They project to the polymorphic layer of the dentate gy...
Olfactory Bulb - Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory nerve terminates....
Olfactory Pathways - Set of nerve fibers conducting impulses from olfactory receptors to the cerebral cortex. It includes...
Parahippocampal Gyrus - A convolution on the inferior surface of each cerebral hemisphere, lying between the hippocampal and...
Perforant Pathway - A pathway of fibers that originates in the lateral part of the ENTORHINAL CORTEX, perforates the SUB...
Pyramidal Cells - Projection neurons in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus. Pyramidal cells have a pyramid-shaped...
Septal Nuclei - Neural nuclei situated in the septal region. They have afferent and cholinergic efferent connections...
Septum of Brain - Gray matter structures of the telencephalon and limbic system in the brain, but containing widely va...
Substantia Innominata - Tissue in the base of the forebrain inferior to the anterior perforated substance, and anterior to t...
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