Useless or helpful? The 'limbic system' concept

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-145

  Kötter, Rolf ^a   Stephan, Klaas E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Heuristic method; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Memory; Scientific concept

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMELLING;

EID: 0030691188     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1997.8.2.139     Document Type: Review

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