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RESUMO ABSTRACT
Os sentimentos relacionados s emoes impulsionam a viver e ge- The feelings associated with emotions drive people to live and
ram reaes diversas na relao do homem consigo e com o meio. generate different reactions in the relationship between the man
O conhecimento das bases neurais dos processos emotivos teve and the environment. From developments on neuroimaging and
grande avano no final do sculo XX, a partir da neuroimagem e neurophysiology, the knowledge of the neural basis of emotional
da neurofisiologia, quando foram descobertas novas conexes do processes had a major breakthrough at the end of the twentieth
Sistema Lmbico (SL), como rgo subcortical, com reas corticais century, for example, the discovery of new connections of the lim-
cerebrais, que, em conjunto, atuam sobre o hipotlamo e o tron- bic system (LS), such as the subcortical organ with cortical brain
co enceflico. Objetivo. Revisar e discutir os aspectos atuais da areas acting together on the hypothalamus and brainstem. Objec-
neuroanatomia, pontuando, ainda, a importante relao entre os tive. To review and discuss the current aspects of neuroanatomy,
processos cognitivos, emocionais, os componentes autonmicos e revealing the important relationship between cognitive processes,
somatomotores. Mtodo. Reviso da literatura com aspectos his- emotional, autonomic and somatomotor components. Method.
tricos do SL. Resultados. Exposio das principais vias e circuitos Review of literature with historical aspects of LS. Results. Expo-
neurais envolvidos com as emoes, seguindo-se uma discusso sure of the main pathways and the neural circuits involved in emo-
sobre as principais emoes. Concluso. Conhecer as conexes tions, followed by a discussion of the major emotions. Conclu-
neurais, no que se refere s emoes, muito importante para o sion. Knowing the neural connections in regard to emotions, is
ensino e a pesquisa que podero motivar novas descobertas na neu- very important for teaching and research that can motivate new
roanatomia. discoveries in neuroanatomy.
Unitermos. Sistema lmbico, Emoo, Neuroanatomia. Keywords. Limbic System, Emotion, Neuroanatomy.
Citao. Barreto JEF, Silva LP. Sistema lmbico e as emoes - uma Citation. Barreto JEF, Silva LP. Limbic system and emotions - an
reviso anatmica. anatomical review.