Ana Sanchez Martin MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Juan Antonio Juanes Mendez MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Carolina Luisa Calvo Corbella MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Andres Framinan MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Patricia Carreno Moran MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Francisco Maria Salgado MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Begona Garcia Castano, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

The purpose of this exhbit is to review the Limbic System... 1.Anatomy using MPR, MIP, VR. 2.Connections wiht Tractography. 3.Vascularity with angioCT, angioMR and angiography. 4.Function and pathology and correlate the imagine with the clinical.

Anatomy The Limbic System includes: 1.Limbic Lobe. 2.Subcortical structures. Connections The main structures of the limbic system are interrelated by a complex system of connections. 1.Circuit of Papez. 2.Intrinsic connections of the hippocampus. 3.Efferent fibers from the hippocampal región. 4.Bidireccional limbic fiber tracts. 5.Limbic connections between the telencephalon, diencephalon and central midbrain structures. Vascularity 1.The main vessels of the limbic system are the anterior and posterior cerebral arteries, the anterior choroidal artery, and branches arising from the circle of Willis. 2.The deep venous drain, basal vein of Rosenthal and internal cerebral veins, form the vein of Galen that drains into the straight sinus and finally drains to the confluence of sinuses. Function and pathology 1.It is involved with learning, memory, emotional behavior and influences on neuroendocrine and autonomic mechanisms. 2.It is implicated in the pathophysiology of temporal lobe epilepsy and certain neuropsychiatric disorders.  

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Sanchez Martin, A, Juanes Mendez, J, Calvo Corbella, C, Framinan, A, Carreno Moran, P, Maria Salgado, F, Garcia Castano, B, The Limbic System: What the Radiologist Needs to Know.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14010251.html