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Ganglia

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Groups of neurons

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dorsal roots

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carry information from body to spinal cord

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ventral roots

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carry outgoing motor axons

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perikaryon

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cell body of a neuron

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schwann cells

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type of glial cell that surrounds neurons, keeping them alive and sometimes covering them with a myelin sheath, and are the major glial cell type in the peripheral nervous system

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node of ranvier

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periodic gap in the insulating sheath (myelin) on the axon of certain neurons that serves to facilitate the rapid conduction of nerve impulses

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neuroglia

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Neuronal supporting cells, non-conducting nervous system cells, provide mechanical support to neurons, insulate and prevent neural impulses from spreading in unwanted directions

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Glutamate

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Main excitatory neurotransmitter, stimulating neurons to fire commands, brain uses glutamate to build pathways between neurons that reinforce your memory and help you learn

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GABA

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main inhibitory neurotransmitter, reduces activity in the CNS and blocks certain brain signals
Produces a calming effect that slows you down

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Dopamine

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Floods synapse between neurons when something rewarding happens, brings feelings of pleasure, Helps with wakefulness, releasing insulin, creating voluntary muscle movement

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Adrenaline (epinephrine)

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responsible for fight or flight response
Produced by adrenal glands located above kidneys

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Serotonin

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influence over mood, promoting feelings of well-being and happiness, makes you feel full/nauseous

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Oxytocin

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love hormone, made in hypothalamus and released via pituitary gland, crucial for social and physical health

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Acetycholine

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directly affects muscles, woks at neuromuscular junction, released to muscle fibers to trigger action potential and makes muscle contract, helps with memory and learning

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Diaencephalon

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caudal (posterior) part of the forebrain, contains the ephithalamus, thalamus, ventral thalamus, and third ventricle

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Meninges

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3 layers protecting the brain, includes the dura matter, arachnoid membrane, and pia matter

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Dura matter

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Outer-most layer of three layers protecting the brain, tough

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Arachnoid membrane

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next to dura matter, middle layer

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Subdural space

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in between dura matter and arachnoid membrane

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Subarachnoid space

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in between arachnoid membrane and pia membrane, filled with CSF and blood vessels

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Pia matter

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membrane covering the brain

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Forebrain

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cerebrum

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Midbrain

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topmost part of the brainstem, the connection central between the brain and the spinal cord

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Hindbrain

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lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata

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3 nuclei of cerebral hemispheres
Basal ganglia, hippocampal formation, amygdala
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agenesis
born without corpus callosum
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inability to see faces would be caused by damage to
right hemisphere, fusiform region
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acalculia (spatial type) would be caused by damage to
right hemisphere
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subtle language deficits in prosody, articulation, and use of abstract constructs would be caused by damage to
right hemisphere
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area of the brain that helps us understand intended meaning of vocalizations
right hemisphere
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Lissencephaly
genetic malformation characterized by absence of folds in cortex
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Polymicrogyria
abnormal brain development before birth
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Topamax
antiepileptic med prescribed for seizures, cognitively blunting at high doses (impacts WM and verbal fluency)
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Frontal lobe lesions impair
decision-making, difficulty with probability, Acute eye deviation with persistent neglect, contralateral hemiplegia (body paralysis), and anosmia (either total or partial loss of smell)
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Lesions to right frontal/parietal lobes cause
Neglect (failure to respond/report, orient to novel stimuli)
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Temporal legions cause
Contralateral superior quadranopia (field deficit in the superior field of both eyes on the same side) = "pie in the sky"
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Parietal lesions would likely cause
Lesions cause difficulty with tactile perception/discriminations by touch
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Occipital lesions
Lesions cause bilateral hemianopia (cortical blindness), hallucinations, color agnosia, agraphia
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Frontal lobe
Associated with intellectual functions, reasoning, aggression, sexual bx, speech, smell, and voluntary movements
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Orbital frontal lobe
involved in response initiation and inhibition
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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
important for sequencing, persistence, and switching
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Broca's area
located in frontal cortex, above and behind left eye, involved in language processing, speech production, and comprehension, put thoughts into words, premotor area for speech sounds
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Temporal lobe
associated with emotion, interpretation of language, hearing, and memory
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Heschel's gyrus (transverse temporal gyrus)
located in temporal lobe, associated with primary auditory cortex, sort auditory stimulation for direction, pitch, loudness, and other acoustic properties rather than words
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Broadman areas
cytoarchitectural areas of the neocortex, regions with similar cell structure
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Wernicke's area
located in the posterior segment of the superior temporal gyrus in dominant hemisphere, associated with comprehension of speech sounds, considered the receptive language center of the brain
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Parietal lobe
associated with body sensory awareness, language, abstract thought (specifically math), and body imaging, analysis of motion and spatial relationships
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Posner and Peterson's model of attention
in parietal lobe, posterior attention system is responsible for orienting and awareness of environment and anterior attention system is associated with signal detection
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Occipital lobe
associated with receiving, interpreting, discriminating visual stimuli, and visual stimuli memory
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Calcarine fissure
primary visual area
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Dorsal pathway
involved with visual perception of where objects are located
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Ventral pathway
involved with visual analysis of what objects are
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Basal ganglia
help brain control body movements, role in movement, decision-making, and reward/addiction
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6 parts of basal ganglia
caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus, ventral pallidum
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Caudate nucleus
pair of brain structures controlling high-level fx including planning, movement, learning, memory, reward, motivation, emotion, and romantic exchanges (oxytocin) Dysfx - associated with dementia, ADHD, bipolar, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Autism, Tourette’s, OCD
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Substantia nigra
produces dopamine, controls movement and muscle tone, has two sections (pars reticulata and pars compacta)
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Pars reticulata
movement of eyes, ability to learn and think, GABA to stop signals going to muscles
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Pars compacta
secrete dopamine, involved emotions, learning, judging risk/reward, motivation
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Hippocampal formation
anterior to amygdala + posterior to corpus callosum, major part of limbic system, lie along longitudinal axis of the brain, form floor and part of the medial wall of interiors hors of the lateral ventricle, best known for learning and memory, three main parts: Hippocampus (Ammon’s horn), Dentate gyrus, and Subiculum
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Amygdala
associated with fear, aggression, learning through rewards/punishment, implicit (unconscious) memory, social communication and understanding, emotions related to parenting and caregiving, emotions connected to memories, learning, and addiction
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Internal capsule
a two-way tract for the transmission of information to and from the cerebral cortex, posterior to the basal ganglia
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Primary motor cortex
controls voluntary movements and limbs and trunk, contains neurons projecting directly to spinal cord to activate somatic motor neurons
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Primary sensory areas
receives information from peripheral receptors with only a few synaptic relays interposed (less stops along the way)
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4 principles of anatomical organization
1) each system contains relay centers 2) each system is composed of several distinct pathways 3) each pathway is topographically organized 4) most pathways cross the body's midline
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Topographic organization
the projection of adjacent neurons in one area to adjacent neurons in another
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Diencephalon
thalamus and hypothalamus taken together
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Thalamus
relay center, processes and distributes almost all sensory and motor info going to the cerebral cortex
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lateral geniculate gyrus
part of thalamic nuclei which is part of visual pathway Lesion may cause left homonymous visual field deficits
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Hypothalamus
under the thalamus, responsible for regulations of the ANS, homeostasis, controls body temperature, thirst, hunger, and emotional bx
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus
bilateral structure located in the anterior part of the hypothalamus, structure involved in the “master clock” of circadian rhythms
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Cerebellum
receives sensory input from the spinal cord, motor information from the cerebral cortex, and input about balance from inner ear receptors Control of movement on the ipsilateral side of the body (damage causes motor deficits on the same side)
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hindbrain
the lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata
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Brainstem
inferior (behind) to superior medulla, pons, and midbrain, Contains all nerve connecting the spinal cord to the cerebrum, receives sensory info from head, neck, and face, involved in hearing, taste, and balance
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Medulla
Located in the rostral region of brainstem, regulated bp, respiration, breathing, swallowing, digestion, heart, and blood vessels
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Pons
links to cerebellum and cerebrum and relays info from cerebral cortex to cerebellum, functions with sleep, arousal, facial movements, breathing
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Midbrain
topmost part of the brainstem, the connection central between the brain and the spinal cord, controls response to sight (eye movements), relay station of auditory and visual signals, motor control of some skeletal muscles
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Tectum
Roof of midbrain
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Tegmentum
Floor of midbrain
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Limbic system
functional/evolutionary division, group of structures in center of brain, superior to the brainstem, includes hypothalamus, pituitary, hippocampus, hippocampal gyrus, amygdala
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Mammillary bodies
brainstem nuclei on the posteroinferior aspect of the hypothalamus, role in memory
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Papez's circuit
Heuristic device, describe disorders of emotion, refers to neuroanatomical structures involves in emotion and memory (e.g., hippocampus, cingulate, mammillary bodies, fimbria, and insula)
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Carotid arteries
vessels run along front of the neck, one right and left, Stroke in this area = changes with speech, vision, sensation
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Vertebral arteries
vessels run along back of neck, right and left sides Join to form one basilar artery Stroke in this area = changes level of wakefulness, problems with muscle movement and coordination, speech changes, and vision problems
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Circle of Willis
at the base of the brain, carotid and vertebral arteries come together, make circle of arteries that provide many paths for blood to supply O2 and nutrient to brain
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Anterior Cerebral Artery
vessel supplies blood to the front part of brain/frontal lobe. Stroke = leg weakness, difficulty thinking and making decisions, changes in personality
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Middle cerebral artery
vessel supplies blood to middle part of brain, Most common for strokes, Stroke = paralysis on one side of body, changes in sensation, blindness (either side), language problems (e.g., difficulty forming words and sentences, difficulty understanding what others are saying), upper extremity hemiparesis, aphasia, and neglect
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apraxia
impaired ability to carry out motor abilities despite intact motor function

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