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1
Q

The population of cholinergic cells at the ventral surface of the striatum are ______________.

A

Broca’s diagonal band

2
Q

Which part of the amygdala is the input section?

A

Basolateral

3
Q

The output nucleus of the amygdala is the ______________.

A

centromedial amygdala

4
Q

True or false: channelrhodopsin allows the entry of sodium channels.

A

True, but it also allows the exit of potassium channels.

5
Q

How do researchers make selective channelrhodopsin?

A

By transfecting it into viruses that bind to certain surface proteins; in doing so, they can make only cholinergic cells (for instance) selectively express channelrhodopsin.

6
Q

The basal forebrain arch is the ______________ center of the amygdala.

A

novelty reward

7
Q

The ____________ generates fear response.

A

orbitofrontal cortex

8
Q

Lesions to the ______________ lead to impairment in ability to estimate the risks or rewards associated with certain behaviors.

A

orbitomedial cotex

9
Q

The medial forebrain bundle is the _______________ pathway.

A

dopaminergic mesolimbic

10
Q

Severing the frontal lobe’s connections to the rest of the brain leads to ________________.

A

impaired ability to estimate risks and rewards and to then calibrate behaviors to coordinate with those risks and rewards (including even the ability to have a “gut feeling” about likelihood of risks and rewards)

11
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The insular cortex is ____________ and ____________ to the amygdala.

A

lateral; anterior

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