The limbic system: An anatomic, phylogenetic, and clinical perspective

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-330

  Mega, Michael S ^a   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^b   Salloway, Stephen ^b   Malloy, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PANIC; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THINKING;

EID: 0030811771     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.9.3.315     Document Type: Review

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