Abstract
The neurologist Paul Broca in the later half of the 19th century initially designated all of the structures on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere the “great limbic lobe.” This region, due to its strong olfactory input, was also designated the rhinencephalon.
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Marcus, E.M., Jacobson, S. (2003). Limbic System. In: Integrated Neuroscience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1077-2_22
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