limbic system

English

Noun

limbic system (plural limbic systems)

1. (neuroanatomy) Part of the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus.

Translations

Part of the human brain

• Catalan: sistema límbic m
• Czech: limbický systém m
• French: système limbique (fr) m
• Greek: μεταιχμιακό σύστημα (el) n (metaichmiakó sýstima)
• Portuguese: sistema límbico m
• Spanish: sistema límbico (es) m