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Hypothalamus is involved in the mediation of:

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  • Autonomics
  • Neuroendocrine (Pituitary and Pineal Glands)
  • Behavioral functions
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Structures located near Hypothalamus:

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  • Epithalamus
  • Mammillary body (posteroinferior)
  • Anterior Commissure
  • Optic Chiasm
  • Infundibulum with Pituitary Gland
  • Forms floor and inferior walls of third ventricle
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Anteromedial Hypothalamus produces ____ activity

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Parasympathetic
(ex. satiety, sleep, heat dissipation to decrease temperature)

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Posterolateral Hypothalamus produces _____ activity

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Sympathetic
(ex. hunger, wakefulness, heat conservation to increase body temperature)

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What Nuclei are located in the Hypothalamus?

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  • Lateral
  • Anterior
  • One in the PreOptic area
  • Suprachiasmatic
  • Paraventricular
  • Ventromedial
  • Posterior
  • Arcuate
  • Supraoptic
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Lateral Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Sense a drop of glucose (hunger)
  • Lesion makes you Lean
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Anterior Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Cooling via Parasympathetic
  • Sense elevation of temperature
  • Increases sweating and dilates superficial vessels
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Nuclei in Preoptic Area of Hypothalamus

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  • Releases GnRH
  • Influences reproduction and sexual behavior
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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Circadian rhythm
  • Can function independently
  • Can be regulated by the Ganglion Cells of CN II
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Paraventricular Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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Produces Oxytocin and ADH

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Ventromedial Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Sense elevated glucose (satiety)
  • Lesion makes you Very Massive
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Posterior Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Senses temperature drop (heating)
  • Has sympathetic center
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Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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Secretes Dopamine directly to the Pituitary Gland where it inhibits prolactin secretion in adenohypophysis

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Supraoptic Nucleus of Hypothalamus

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  • Secretes ADH and Oxytocin
  • Senses drop in water concentration (thirst)
  • Located in Posterior Pituitary Gland
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The major efferents of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus project to the ___ ___

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Pineal Gland

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During the night, fibers from the SCN release ___ in the Pineal Gland which stimulate the pinealocytes, triggering the production of ____

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  • NE
  • Melatonin
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Supraopticohypophysial Tract

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Axons carry ADH and Oxytocin into Posterior Pituitary where it is stored in Herrying Bodies and released if needed (i.e hypothalamus osmoreceptors sense lack of water in blood and CSF)

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Two main pathways from the Hypothalamus that are the source of most of the central control of autonomic functions:

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  • Medial Forebrain Bundle
  • Dorsal Longitudinal Fasciculus
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The Medial Forebrain Bundle and the Dorsal Longitudinal Fasciculus connect the Hypothalamus with:

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the major parasympathetic nuclei in the brain stem and the preganglionic (central) neurons of the thoracolumbar spinal cord

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Medial Forebrain Bundle

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  • Anterior area for parasympathetic activity
  • Goes to S2-S4
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Dorsal Longitudinal Fasciculus

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  • Sympathetic
  • Major output pathway of the hypothalamus that descends through the gray matter of the brain stem and into the spinal cord T1-L2
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Lesion of hypothalamus is noticeable mostly in ____ lesion

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Bilateral
- Typically results in autonomic and neuroendocrine dysfunction (ex. temperature, thirst, etc)

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4 Main Limbic Structures

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  • Amygdala
  • Hippocampus
  • Cingulate Gyrus
  • Parahippocampal Gyrus
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Importance of Limbic Structures

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  • Emotional responses
  • Drive-related behavior
  • Memory
  • Smell
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Fornix
- White matter between lateral and 3rd ventricles - Connects hippocampus to mammillary bodies
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Hippocampus converges to form:
Fimbria of Fornix
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Fimbria come together to form the:
Crus of Fornix
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At Anterior Commissure, Body of Fornix splits into:
Columns of Fornix
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Major role of Hippocampus
Formation of new memory (learning memory)
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Papez Circuit
Hippocampus --> Mammillary Bodies --> Anterior Thalamic Nuclei --> Cingulate Cortex --> Entorhinal Cortex --> Hippocampus *primary nuclei of circuit: mamillary bodies
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Role of Papez Circuit
Assists with spatial and episodic memory consolidation and storage
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What happens if there is damage to the Fornix or Mammillary Bodies?
Amnesia
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Mammillary Bodies
- One of the primary nuclei of the Papez Circuit - Assist with emotion and reward behaviors and goal-directed behaviors - Primary function is recollective memory - Memory consolidation occurs here -- processing short-term memory into long-term memory
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What happens if there is a lesion to the Mammillary Bodies?
Anterograde Amnesia -- inability of retention of newly acquired memory; has no difficulty in remembering events occurring months or years before the lesion
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Fornix is situated between what ventricles?
Between the Lateral and Third Ventricles
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Fornix bifurcates at the level of the ___ ___ with the ___ fibers projecting to the ___ ___
- Anterior Commissure - Postcommissural - Mammillary Bodies
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Korsakoff Psychosis (Syndrome)
- Caused by Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Deficiency (usually from chronic alcoholism - Leads to degeneration of the Mammillary Bodies - Lesion is bilateral - Irreversible condition characterized by triad: anterograde amnesia, confabulation, personality changes (reckless behavior)
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Anterograde Amnesia
- Inability to create new memory - Function of the mammillary bodies with the hippocampus
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Confabulation
Act of filling in gaps in memory with fabrications that are believed to be true
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___ ____connect Amygdala with the ___
- Stria Terminalis - Hypothalamus (Lateral Nucleus)
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What are the main efferent fibers of the Amygdala?
Stria Terminalis
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Role of Amygdala
- Form memories related to emotional events - Facilitate long-term memory formation (together with hippocampus) - Convert and retain learning from pleasure or fear responses - Help us tell what other people express: aggression, love, indifference, etc
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Causes of Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
- Result of trauma or surgery (for epilepsy) to temporal lobe - Can also be caused by Herpes Encephalitis
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Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
- Associated with damage to both amygdala resulting in abnormalities in memory, social and sexual functioning and idiosyncratic behavior - Diminished ability to visually recognize object, loss of normal fear and anger responses - Associated with Hyperphagia, Hypersexuality, and Hyperorality
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Hyperphagia
Eating a lot even if person is not hungry; sometimes eats objects that are not actually food
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Hypersexuality
Extremely urgent sexual desire
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Hyperorality
Tendency to examine things by mouth; taste, chew, put everything in their mouth
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Anosmia
- Loss of smell due to a viral infection of the olfactory mucosa, obstruction of the nasal passages or may be congenital - Lesions occur due to shearing of CNI or tumors in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa
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Phantosmia (Olfactory Hallucination)
Distortion in a smell experience or the perception of a smell when no odor is present
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Causes of Phantosmia
- Abnormal sequence of neuronal activity - Lesion of anterior/medial temporal lobe -- hippocampus, amygdala, or medial dorsal thalamic nuclei
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Two major dopaminergic areas of the brain:
- Substantia Nigra - Ventral Tegmental Area
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Vental Tegmental Area (VTA)
- Located medial to the Substantia Nigra - Role in all behavioral and mental activities in which dopamine is released in our brain (reward, motivation, addiction)
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Two of the most prominent efferents that project from the VTA:
- Mesolimbic - Mesocortical
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Mesolimbic Pathway
Travels from VTA to Ventral Striatum (Nucleus Accumbens)
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Mesocortical Pathway
Travels from VTA to Cortical Areas
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Schizophrenia
- Dopaminergic neurons in the VTA play a role in this disorder - Associated with high levels of dopamine
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ADHD
Linked to low dopamine activity in the VTA
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Integrity of the ___ is crucial to proper brain function
VTA
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Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Condition in which the kidneys are unable to concentrate urine because of a lack of circulating ADH - Low levels of ADH are due to either decreased production within the hypothalamus or decreased release from the Posterior Pituitary Gland - Present with Polyuria (too much urine), nocturia (increased urination at night), and polydipsia (thirst)
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Hyperthermia
- May occur if there is a lesion (stroke or CNS damage) in the Anterior Nucleus of the Hypothalamus, which is involved in thermoregulation, specifically cooling the body down - Damage to this region prevents the body from being able to cool itself - Works via stimulation of the Parasympathetic NS
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Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
- Primary cause of secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menses) - Results from decreased pulsation of GnRH from a nuclei of the PreOptic Area that occurs during times of severe physical or psychological stress - Most commonly associated with eating disorders or overexercise
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Effect of Lesion to the PreOptic Area
Reduction or abolition of sexual drive
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Hyperprolactinemia
- Elevated levels of Prolactin (hormone of adenohypophysis) in the blood - Most common cause is a prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma, but also can be caused by loss of inhibitory dopamine secretion by the hypothalamus - Can occur when dopaminergic neurons from the arcuate nuclei of the hypothalamus are damaged or if the infundibulum is transected during surgery - Sxs: galactorrhea (milk discharge), oligoamenorrhea, erectile dysfunction

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