Limbic system - Topics

Insula and interoception: why gut feelings have a neural address Amygdala subnuclei: the basolateral and central nuclei do different jobs What is actually in the limbic system — and why neuroscientists argue about the list What does the amygdala actually do — is it a fear center or a salience detector? Is the limbic system a useful concept or a teaching fiction? Amygdala hijack: what the pop-science version gets wrong about the neuroscience Hippocampus and emotional memory: why the context of a fear matters Imaging the amygdala in humans: what a small structure means for spatial resolution Cingulate cortex: pain and error detection and the feeling of conflict Olfactory bulbs and the limbic system: why smell is wired to memory and emotion Septal nuclei and pleasure: what the old self-stimulation studies showed Optogenetics and the search for an emotion circuit in the brain Fornix and cingulum and the white matter tracts that connect limbic structures The Papez circuit then and now: an outdated map that still gets taught Temporal lobe epilepsy and the emotional auras patients report Hypothalamus and the four Fs: how the limbic system drives behavior The role of the amygdala in perceiving threat-related expressions