Concept information
Preferred term
Papez circuit
Definition
- This network of brain structures was described for the first time by the American neuroanatomist James W. Papez in 1937, and is thought to be involved in the control of emotions and in memory: mammillary bodies, anterior nucleus of the thalamus, anterior cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, fornix.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- medial limbic circuit
- Papez-Jakob circuit
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Aggleton, J. P., Nelson, A. J. D., & O’Mara, S. M. (2022). Time to retire the serial Papez circuit: Implications for space, memory, and attention. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 140, 104813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104813
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Hall, S. (2024). Is the Papez circuit the location of the elusive episodic memory engram? IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 16, 249–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.01.016
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Papez, J.W. (1937). A proposed mechanism of emotion. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry, 38(4), 725-743. https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1937.02260220069003
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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circuit de Papez-Jakob
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circuit limbique médian
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-L74QNBRZ-T - • Hall, S. (2024). Is the Papez circuit the location of the elusive episodic memory engram? IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 16, 249–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.01.016
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