ANS lecture (no CC)

Question 1

PVN projects to?

Answer 1

Post/ant pituitary
Locus coeruleus
Parabrahcial nuclei

Question 2

Locus Ceruleus fx

Answer 2

Norepinephrine. Related to arousal and consciousness (with regards to sleep)

Question 3

parabrachial nucleus

Answer 3

related to respiratory rhythm. Inputs from nucleus solitarius (visceral). part of central autonomic network.
gets nociceptive, visceral and thermoreceptive stimuli.

Question 4

amygdala

Answer 4

fear and anxiety–> hypothalamus –> CNS changes

Question 5

PAG

Answer 5

freezing response to pain

integration of autonomic response to stressors.

Question 6

Anterior cingulat cortex

Answer 6

part of limbic system. Modulates arousal via ANS.

Goal directed behaviors

Question 7

Insular cortex

Answer 7

Input from viscerosensory.

Question 8

Visceral pain

Answer 8

to primary viscerosensory cortex in insular cortex==>lateral hypothalamus

Question 9

Reticular formation in medulla (whats another name? Fx?

Answer 9

ventrolateral medulla
GVA activate it to change BP and respiration
maintenance of reflex arterial BP

Question 10

Medullary raphe

Answer 10

responses to cold and emotional stimuli

Question 11

Neuropeptide Y

Answer 11

Hypothalamus senses NPY in arcuate neurons. When HIGH NPY= FEEDING BEHAVIOR stimulation

Question 12

Fornix

Answer 12

LARGEST projection to hypothalamus. Connects hippocampus to anterior nucleus of hypothalamus, septal nucleus, and mammillary bodies.