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meninges

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surround the entire CNS

three layers; dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater

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dura mater

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tough, outermost layer

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arachnoid

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layer of blood vessels

connected to spine

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pia mater

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delicate, innermost layer that encloses the brain

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ventricles

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spaces filled with cerebrospinal fluid
types: lateral ventricles, third ventricle, fourth ventricle
ALL OF THEM ARE INTERCONNECTED

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lateral ventricles

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located at the front and topic of the brain on both hemispheres

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third venticle

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located at the center in the deep forebrain

has an aquaduct down to the fourth ventricle

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fourth ventricle

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located at the center and top of the brain in the brainstem

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planes of view of the brain

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sagittal
coronal
horizontal

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sagittal view

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sideways view
anterior to posterior
dorsal to ventral

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coronal view

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front or back view

medial (middle) to lateral (sides

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horizontal view

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top to bottom

can also see sagittal and coronal sections from this view

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corpus callosum

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joins the left and right hemispheres of the brain

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major divisions of the brain

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rhombencephalon
mesencephalon
diencephalon
telencephalon

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rhombencephalon

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major structures: pons, medulla oblongata, cerebellum, reticular system, raphe nucleus, locus coeruleus
houses the cranial nerve nucleus for each cranial nerve
has massive fiber tracts running up and down

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reticular system

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loose network important in sleep and arousal

spread out throughout the pons and medulla

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raphe nucleus

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source of serotonin

is anterior to the locus coeruleus

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locus coeruleus

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source of norepinephrine

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mesencephalon

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major structures: superior colliculus, inferior colliculus, substantia nigra, tegmentum, red nucleus

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superior colliculus

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aka optic tectum

involved in vison

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inferior colliculus

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aka torus semicircularis

involved in hearing

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tegmentum

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bottom half of the midbrain

important in reward and motivation

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diencephalon

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major structures: thalamus, pineal gland, hypothalamus

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thalamus

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primary sensory processor in the brain

involved in sensory relay (sends sensory info to the cortex)

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pineal gland

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involved in sleeping & waking, and circadian rhythms

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hypothalamus

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involved in motivation

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telencephalon

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major structures: hippocampus, striatum, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, septum, cortex

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hippocampus

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involved in learning and memory

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striatum

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involved in action patterns

parts: caudate, putamen, globus, pallidus

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nucleus accumbens

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involved in motivation, reward, and emotion

is the main target of mesolimbic dopamine

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amygdala

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involved in fear and other emotions; and motivation

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septum

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involved in motivation

located in the center of the telencephalon, and divides the left and right centers of it

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cortex

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folded sheet containing sulci and gyri
has 6 layers; neural connections between these layers form a column
divided into four lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital

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cingulate cortex

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considers a ‘5th lobe’ of the cortex

involved in emotion, motivation, and cognition

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what are the causes of brain evolution

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encephalization and increase in brain size

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encephalization

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growth of anterior structures of the brain over evolutionary time
elaborated the striatum, hippocampus, and pyriform cortex

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brain size

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generally increases with body weight
mammals have a large brain/body weight ratio
the human brain had a massive increase in size in the last 1.5 million years

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encephalization quotient

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comparison of actual brain size to growth equivalent

humans have a high one

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consequence of encephalization

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invasion of functions by rostral structures, which leads to loss of lower autonomy

40
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effects of decortication

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humans have lost subcortical autonomy; rats can recover for decortication
largest form of cortical damage