Midbrain Flashcards
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Midbrain
A
bridge between hidbrain and forebrain
2
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Basal Ganglia
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- connects cerebellum to motor cortex
- responsible for timing of voluntary movements
3
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Accumbens Nucleus
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- part of Basal Ganglia
- pleasure and reward system
- learning repetitive or habitual behavior
4
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Thalamus
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- receives signals from RF
- relays information to the cortex and sends it to right section (temporal, occipital)
5
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Angular Gyrus
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- multi sensory processor
- parallel processing
- can recognize that one stimuli has two signals( car has noise and light)
- part of Thalamus
6
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Hippocampus
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- encodes memory
- selects wich neural pathways through which memories are stored or received
- creates memory, not stores
7
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Amygdala
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- part of limbic system
- generates primal and instinctive emotion
- fear, panic, anger, anxiety
8
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Hypothalamus
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- regualtes Amyglada and how emotion should be expressed
- regulates pituitory gland
9
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Sprachiasmatic Nucleus
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- Hypothalamus
- regulates biorhythmes
10
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Lateral Hypothalamus
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- part of Hypothalamus
- initiates hunger and thirst
11
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Ventromedial Hypothalamus
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regulates hot and cold
- part of Hypothalamus
12
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Limbic System
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- includes hindbrain and midbrain structures
Functions- emotional instinct = fear, anger, anxiety
- survival / insinctive behaviors = hunger, flight or flight
Primary Structure
- Reticular Activing System
- Amyglada
- Hypothalamus
- Hippocampus
