Neuroanatomy - Limbic system

4 important questions on Neuroanatomy - Limbic system

What is the yellow area?

The allocortex/ancient corex/limbic lobe.

What are the names of the blue parts?

Upper blue part = cingulate gyrus
Middle blue part = insular cortex
Bottom = parahippocampal gyrus

The neocortex has exploded and overgrown the allocortical areas

Where is the limbic system associated with?

Emotions and memory
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What are limbic structures?

- Hippocampus (also ammons horn)
- Amygdala
- Fornix
  • Connection between mammillary bodies and hippocampus
  • Attached to plexus choroid
- Corpus mammillare
- Gyrus parahippocampalis
- Gyrus dendatus

    

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