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The limbic lobe is located on the medial aspect of the cerebral cortex, forming its inner border. It is composed of a number of structures also located on the medial surface, including the cingulate gyrus, the isthmus, the parahippocampal gyrus, the uncus and the subcallosal area. The limbic lobe interacts with subcortical structures to form the limbic system.
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Limbic Lobe
The so-called limbic lobe is a composite bordering zone (limbus) between the telencephalon and diencephalon, extending through the septal area (anterior to the lamina terminalis) and the cingulate gyrus (above the corpus callosum) to the parahippocampal gyrus (on the inferior surface of the temporal lobe, adjacent to the brainstem and continuous with the hippocampus).
