Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Neurobehavioral Disorders: The Corticolimbic System in Health and Disease.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Rusbridge, Clare
- Affiliation:
- School of Veterinary Medicine · United Kingdom
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
The corticolimbic system (prefrontal cortices, amygdala, and hippocampus) integrates emotion with cognition and produces a behavioral output that is flexible based on the environmental circumstances. It also modulates pain, being implicated in pathophysiology of maladaptive pain. Because of the anatomic and function overlap between corticolimbic circuitry for pain and emotion, the pathophysiology for maladaptive pain conditions is extremely complex. Addressing environmental needs and underlying triggers is more important than pharmacotherapy when dealing with feline orofacial pain syndrome or feline hyperesthesia syndrome. By contrast, autoimmune limbic encephalitis requires prompt diagnosis and management with immunosuppression and seizure control.
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