Psychosomatic Disease and the "Visceral Brain": Recent Developments Bearing on the Papez Theory of Emotion
@article{Maclean1949PsychosomaticDA,
title={Psychosomatic Disease and the "Visceral Brain": Recent Developments Bearing on the Papez Theory of Emotion},
author={Paul D. Maclean},
journal={Psychosomatic Medicine},
year={1949},
volume={11},
pages={338–353}
}IN most of those diseases where emotional states are thought to be etiologically related to focal or systemic lesions, it is generally assumed that the pathologic process is mediated by the autonomic nervous system and the humoral mechanisms under its control. There is considerable experimental and clinical evidence to support such an assumption. But little information has accumulated to indicate by what mechanism the emotions can so act on autonomic centers as to lead to diseases as diverse as…
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