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What is a limbic system?

What is a limbic system? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) 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.
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We have these incredible frontal lobes that put the brakes on the limbic system and that enable us to judge, not to act on our impulses.
The olfactory nerves send messages directly to the limbic system in our brains.
The limbic system is responsible for moods, creativity and sexuality.
The dopamine-blocking action of haloperidol also shifts the dopamine-acetylcholine activity ratio in the limbic system.
The olfactory system is attached to the limbic system, which links the left and right brain and the voluntary and involuntary nervous centres.
Exposure to extreme circumstances may lead to subtle structural abnormalities in the frontal lobe, which is closely related to the limbic system.

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