Limbic system

thumb|Sixteen faces expressing the human passions – colored engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after [[Charles Le Brun|371x371px]]

Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues and form.

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sense that detects odors

The hypothalamus (: hypothalami; ) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions. One of the most important functions is to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus and is part of the limbic system. It forms the basal part of the diencephalon. All vertebrate brains contain a hypothalamus. In humans, it is about the size of an almond.

The hippocampus (: hippocampi), also hippocampus proper, is a major component of the brain of humans and many other vertebrates. In the human brain the hippocampus, the dentate gyrus, and the subiculum are components of the hippocampal formation located in the limbic system. The hippocampus plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. In humans and other primates the hippocampus is located in the archicortex, one of the three regions of allocortex, in each hemisphere with direct neural proj

structures of the brain

neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction, which sends olfactory information to be further processed in the amygdala, the orbitofrontal cortex and the hippocampus where it plays a role in emotion, memory and learning

region in the human basal forebrain rostral to the preoptic area of the hypothalamus

The epithalamus (: epithalami) is a posterior (dorsal) segment of the diencephalon. The epithalamus includes the habenular nuclei, the stria medullaris, the anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei, the posterior commissure, and the pineal gland.

a part of limbic syst

sensation experienced when one feels the physiological need to eat food

pair of small round bodies located on the undersurface of the brain

brain area

prefrontal cortex region

area of the brain that comprises areas that are included in the frontal and temporal lobes

Emotional and memory circuit

unpleasant feeling of a psychological nature

The drive to eat for pleasure rather than sustenance

structure in human brain

part of the temporal lobe of the brain

Neuroscience

limbic system brain structure