- James Papez
Dr. James Papez (1883-1958) was an American
neuroanatomist . Dr. Papez received his MD from the University of Minnesota College ofMedicine andSurgery . He is most famous for his 1937 description of thePapez circuit which is a neural pathway in thebrain thought to be involved in the cortical control ofemotion .He was a neurologist at Cornell University when he published a journal article in which he outlined a "new" circuit to account for emotion. He hypothesized that the hippocampus, the cingulate gyrus (Broca's callosal lobe), the hypothalamus, the anterior thalamic nuclei, and the interconnections among these structures constituted a harmonious mechanism which elaborate the functions of emotions. Papez never mentioned Broca's limbic lobe but others noted that his circuit was very similar to Broca's great limbic lobe.References
* Papez JW. 1937. A proposed mechanism of emotion. 1937. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995 Winter;7(1):103-12. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7711480&query_hl=1 PMID: 7711480]
* Lima, D.R.,2004. History of Medicine, Medsi, RJ. [http://www.editoraguanabara.com.br/]ee also
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Paul Broca
*Paul D. MacLean
*Limbic system
*Affective neuroscience
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