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limbic lobe

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limbic lobe
Etymology: L, limbus, edge; Gk, lobos, lobe
the marginal section of the cerebral hemispheres on the medial aspects. It forms a ring of neural tissue around the hypothalamus and some nuclei.


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The investigators found that, during deception, activation was seen in the left medial, left inferior, and right precentral regions of the frontal lobe; the right hippocampus and right middle regions of the temporal lobe; and the anterior and posterior cingulate regions of the limbic lobe.
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In the course of his comparative studies of the mammalian brain, Broca identified the limbic lobe.
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