Limbic system and stressful behavior The fight or flight response, also known as acute stress response, is a survival mechanism that allows individuals to react promptly to a life-threatening ...

The limbic system is a group of specific brain structures associated with memory and emotional behaviors. In 1978, French anatomist Paul Broca first coined the term “limbic lobe” to describe ...

These subcortical nuclei (magnocellular nuclei of the basal forebrain, oral nuclei of the raphe system, locus coeruleus) enhance cortical performance (Curcio and Kemper, 1984; German et al., 1987 ...

Article Published: 01 June 1966 Variable Size of the Septal Nuclei in Man ELISABETH BECK & D. CARLETON GAJDUSEK Nature 210, 1338–1340 (1966) Cite this article ...