00. Extreme Basics of Neuro Flashcards
(25 cards)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: what happens here?
exec function, working memory, sustained complex attn, memory retrieval, abstract judgment, insight, problem solving
orbitofrontal cortex: what happens here?
emotional and social responding, social comportment
lateral temporal cortex: what happens here?
memory retrieval, sensory-limbic integration
amygdala: what happens here?
emotional learning and memory, fear conditioning
hippocampus: what happens here?
declarative/short term/episodic memory, sensory gating, attention
cerebellum: what happens here?
coordination
anterior cingulate (aka medial frontal): what happens here?
motivation
striatum consists of what?
caudate and putamen
the basal ganglia consists of what (4 things or 6 things depending on how you define them)?
striatum (caudate and putamen), globus pallidus (int and ext), substantia nigra, subthal nucleus
inferolateral temporal lobe: what kind of memory here?
semantic
prefrontal cortex: what type of memory here?
working memory
cerebellum, basal ganglia: what kind of memory here?
procedural memory
Norepinephrine: where is it synthesized?
locus ceruleus (pons)
NE: anxiety? depression?
goes UP in anxiety, down in depression
dopamine: where synthesized?
ventral tegmentum and SNc (subs nigra)
dopamine: schiz? Park? depr?
up in schizophrenia, down in Park, down in depr
serotonin: where synthesized?
raphe nucleus (pons)
serotonin: anxiety? depr?
down in anxiety, down in depression
acetylcholine: Alz? Hunt? REM sleep?
down in Alz, down in Hunt, up in REM
GABA: where synth?
INTERNEURONS, nucleus accumbens
GABA: anxiety? Hunt?
down in anx, down in Hunt
schizophrenia characterized by what nT level?
excess dopamine
Parkinson’s characterized by what nT level?
insufficient dopamine
Alz characterized by what nT level?
insufficient Ach
