00. Extreme Basics of Neuro

Question 1

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: what happens here?

Answer 1

exec function, working memory, sustained complex attn, memory retrieval, abstract judgment, insight, problem solving

Question 2

orbitofrontal cortex: what happens here?

Answer 2

emotional and social responding, social comportment

Question 3

lateral temporal cortex: what happens here?

Answer 3

memory retrieval, sensory-limbic integration

Question 4

amygdala: what happens here?

Answer 4

emotional learning and memory, fear conditioning

Question 5

hippocampus: what happens here?

Answer 5

declarative/short term/episodic memory, sensory gating, attention

Question 6

cerebellum: what happens here?

Answer 6

coordination

Question 7

anterior cingulate (aka medial frontal): what happens here?

Answer 7

motivation

Question 8

striatum consists of what?

Answer 8

caudate and putamen

Question 9

the basal ganglia consists of what (4 things or 6 things depending on how you define them)?

Answer 9

striatum (caudate and putamen), globus pallidus (int and ext), substantia nigra, subthal nucleus

Question 10

inferolateral temporal lobe: what kind of memory here?

Answer 10

semantic

Question 11

prefrontal cortex: what type of memory here?

Answer 11

working memory

Question 12

cerebellum, basal ganglia: what kind of memory here?

Answer 12

procedural memory

Question 13

Norepinephrine: where is it synthesized?

Answer 13

locus ceruleus (pons)

Question 14

NE: anxiety? depression?

Answer 14

goes UP in anxiety, down in depression

Question 15

dopamine: where synthesized?

Answer 15

ventral tegmentum and SNc (subs nigra)

Question 16

dopamine: schiz? Park? depr?

Answer 16

up in schizophrenia, down in Park, down in depr

Question 17

serotonin: where synthesized?

Answer 17

raphe nucleus (pons)

Question 18

serotonin: anxiety? depr?

Answer 18

down in anxiety, down in depression

Question 19

acetylcholine: Alz? Hunt? REM sleep?

Answer 19

down in Alz, down in Hunt, up in REM

Question 20

GABA: where synth?

Answer 20

INTERNEURONS, nucleus accumbens

Question 21

GABA: anxiety? Hunt?

Answer 21

down in anx, down in Hunt

Question 22

schizophrenia characterized by what nT level?

Answer 22

excess dopamine

Question 23

Parkinson’s characterized by what nT level?

Answer 23

insufficient dopamine

Question 24

Alz characterized by what nT level?

Answer 24

insufficient Ach

Question 25

Hunt characterized by what nT level?

Answer 25

insufficient Ach, insufficient GABA