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Basal Nuclei- added paths Flashcards

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What structure is similar in structure and function to GPi?

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substantia nigra pars reticulata

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What are the fibers called from the striatum to the pars reticulata?

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striatonigral fibers

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What does the pars reticulata inhibit?

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the VA/VL thalamus with GAGAergic inhibitory neurons

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What do neurons of the pars compacta release?

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Dopamine (DA)

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What are the two actions that dopamine produces on the striatum?

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  1. inhibition via D2 receptors of the indirect pathway

2. excitation via D1 receptors on the striatal neurons of the direct pathway

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With both actions of the SNc, what does it promote?

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thalamic excitation.

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neurons of the SNc are inhibited by ______, but excited by _______

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  • striatal GABAergic input

- cholinergic input from pedunculo-pontine nucleus (PPN)

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What is the other role in movement that the PPN has other than facilitating disinhibition of the thalamus?

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it is one of the brainstem nuclei that contributes to the pontine reticulospinal tract (therefore it can produce descending excitation of the spinal LMN)

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What are the four parallel channels of functions involving the basal nuclei?

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  1. Motor channel
  2. Oculomotor Channel
  3. Prefrontal channel
  4. Limbic channel
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What is the motor loop associated with?

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regulation of voluntary movement

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What does the motor loop arise from?

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supplementary motor cortex and other cortical areas

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What does the motor loop regulate?

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VA/VL thalami and motor cortex excitability via connections through the putamen and the GPi(direct) and the GPe and subthalamus (indirect_

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13
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SMA generates readiness that precedes what movements?

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volitional, self paces, voluntary

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Functions associated with the motor channel include?

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  • initiated by the intention to act
  • preparation, organization and execution of action
  • endogenous generation of responses when environmental stimuli fail to provoke responses
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What is the oculomotor channel associated with?

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regulation of eye movements

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What does the oculomotor channel begin in?

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the SMA & posterior parietal cortex

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What does the oculomotor channel project via?

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caudate nucleus, GPi and SNr

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What does the oculomotor channel regulate?

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excitability of VA and DM thalamic nuclei.

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What are the cortical targets (output) of the oculomotor channel?

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prefrontal areas in the vicinity of the frontal eye fields

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What are the oculomotor channel functions?

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  • higher order control of eye movements
  • orientation of eyes toward specific objects in the environment
  • implicated in visual exploration and visual learning
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What is the prefrontal channel associated with?

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cognition

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Where is input from in the prefrontal channel?

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, where does the prefrontal channel go?

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the head of the caudate

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In the prefrontal channel, what does the caudate influence?

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the GPi and SNr to regulate excitability of the VA and DM thalamic nuclei (then the nuclei project to the prefrontal cortex)

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Functions of the prefrontal channel

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  • processing information about fairness of decision making
  • trusting in “fair” decisions and those who make them
  • ‘altruistic punishment’- the desire to punish violations of social norms even when we have not been personally wronged
  • regulation of “worry”
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What is the limbic channel associated with?

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regulation of emotions and motivational drives

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Where does input of the limbic channel come from?

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temporal cortex, hippocampus and amygdyla

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What are the inputs of the limbic channel via?

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nucleus accumbens, ventral putamen, and caudate

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What are the input locations of limbic channel connected to for output?

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GPi

30
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where does the output of the limbic channel go to?

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DM of thalamus

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of the limbic channel, what does the DM project to?

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anterior cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal cortex

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Limbic channel functions include?

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  • evaluation of personal actions and environmental resources
  • social, behavioral and affective self regulation
  • might be channel implicated in excessive gambling seen in Parkinson’s pts on L-Dopa and dopamine agonists

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