Dr. James Papez (1883-1958) was an American neuroanatomist. Dr. Papez received his MD from the University of Minnesota College of Medicine and Surgery. He is most famous for his 1937 description of the Papez circuit which is a neural pathway in the brain thought to be involved in the cortical control of emotion.

References

• Papez JW. 1937. A proposed mechanism of emotion. 1937. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1995 Winter;7(1):103-12. PMID: 7711480

See also

• Paul Broca
• Paul D. MacLean
• Limbic system
• Affective neuroscience

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1883 births | 1958 deaths | American neuroscientists | History of neuroscience | American physicians | Czech-Americans