THE LIMBIC SYSTEM
,OBJECTIVES
• What is limbic system and its functions
• Structures forming the limbic system
• Afferent and efferent connections
• Clinical relevance
, OVERVIEW
• Limbic Lobe: Ring of gray matter on medial aspect of each hemisphere
• Parahippocampal gyrus
• Cingulate gyrus
• Septal area
• Limbic system: group of related structures which ultimately projects to the hypothalamus
• Structures from the limbic lobe
• Hippocampus
• Dentate gyrus
• Amygdala
• Mamillary bodies (hypothalamus)
• Anterior thalamic nuclei
• Bundles of white matter tracts: fornix, mamillothalamic fasciculus, stria terminalis, medial foreb
bundle, diagonal band
,OBJECTIVES
• What is limbic system and its functions
• Structures forming the limbic system
• Afferent and efferent connections
• Clinical relevance
, OVERVIEW
• Limbic Lobe: Ring of gray matter on medial aspect of each hemisphere
• Parahippocampal gyrus
• Cingulate gyrus
• Septal area
• Limbic system: group of related structures which ultimately projects to the hypothalamus
• Structures from the limbic lobe
• Hippocampus
• Dentate gyrus
• Amygdala
• Mamillary bodies (hypothalamus)
• Anterior thalamic nuclei
• Bundles of white matter tracts: fornix, mamillothalamic fasciculus, stria terminalis, medial foreb
bundle, diagonal band