Crossword clues for limbic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
limbic \limbic\ adj. of or pertaining to the limbic system; as, the limbic system.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1879, from French limbique (1878, Broca), from limbe, from Latin limbus "edge" (see limb (n.2)). Limbic system is attested from 1950.
Wiktionary
a. Relating to the limbic system.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or forming a limbus
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "limbic".
It was what neurologists called the limbic system, what the rest of us referred to as the emotions.
Surrounding the R-complex is the limbic system, so called because it borders on the underlying brain.
We share the limbic system with the other mammals but not, in its full elaboration, with the reptiles.
A schematic representation of this picture of the human brain is shown opposite, and a comparison of the limbic system with the neocortex in three contemporary mammals is shown above.
The brain of a human fetus also develops from the inside out, and, roughly speaking, runs through the sequence: neural chassis, R-complex, limbic system and neocortex.
In human beings, the neo-cortex represents about 85 percent of the brain, which is surely some index of its importance compared to the brainstem, R-complex and limbic system.
THE LIMBIC SYSTEM The LIMBIC system appears to generate strong or particularly vivid emotions.
Electrical discharges in the limbic system sometimes result in symptoms similar to those of psychoses or those produced by psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs.
In fact, the sites of action of many psychotropic drugs are in the limbic system.
The mood-altering qualities of endocrine imbalances give us an important hint about the connection of the limbic system with states of mind.
There is a small almond-shaped inclusion in the limbic system called the amygdala which is deeply involved in both aggression and fear.
Malfunctions in the limbic system can produce rage, fear or sentimentality that have no apparent cause.
At least some of the emotion-determining role of such limbic endocrine systems as the pituitary amygdala, and hypothalamus is provided by small hormonal proteins which they exude, and which affect other areas of the brain.
Some small hypothalamic proteins have been identified tentatively in the third ventricle of the brain, which connects the hypothalamus with the thalamus, a region also within the limbic system.
There are reasons to think that the beginnings of altruistic behavior are in the limbic system.