Limbic Structures Within The Limbics

There has been a lot of contention within the scientific community as to which part of the brain is mainly responsible for the generation of rage and aggression. Several structures within the limbic system have been linked to the expression of emotions in humans and animals; specifically the amygdala is commonly viewed as the main limbic structure involved in the regulation of rage and aggressive behaviors. (Rajmohan and Mohandas, 2007; Catani et al., 2013). Other limbic structures such as the hippocampal formation and septal nuclei when electrically stimulated have been shown to illicit both rage and aggressive behaviors in animal and human specimens (Filby et al., 2010; Coccaro et al., 2011; Wong et al., 2016). Recent studies into brain mapping