Block 3 Flashcards
Precentral gyrus
Precentral sulcus
Red: Superior frontal gyrus
Blue: Middle frontal gyrus
Orange: Inferior frontal gyrus (A,B,C)
A) Par opercularis
B) Pars triangularis
C) Pars obitalis
Orbitofrontal cortex:
Red: orbital gyri
Blue: gyrus rectus
Red: Postcentral Gyrus
Yellow: intraparietal sulcus
Purple: superior parietal lobe
Orange/green: lateral sulcus
Inferior parietal lobe:
Red: supramarginal gyrus
Blue: angular gyrus
Red: superior temporal gyrus
Green: middle temporal gyrus
Temporal Lobe:
Blue: Inferior temporal gyrus
Red: Occipitotemporal gyrus
Green: parahippocampal gyrus
Orange: uncus (part of parahippocampal gyrus)
Occipital Lobe:
Red: parietooccipital sulcus
Blue: Cuneus gyrus
Green: Lingual gyrus
Red: occipital gyri
Green: preoccipital notch
Visual processing streams:
Red arrow: “Where?”, analysis of motions and spatial relations
Blue arrow: “What?”, analysis of form and color
Occiput regions: Brodmann’s area’s 17 (yellow), 18 (green), and 19 (blue), corresponding to 1’, 2’, and 3’ centers
Cingulate gyrus; contains cingulum, the associational fibers that connect the cingulate gyrus with the parahippocampal gyrus
Language areas:
Red area = Broca’s area
Blue area = Wernicke’s area
Connected by superior longitidunal (arcuate) fasciculus , associational fibers
Orange arrow points to the uncinate fasciculus, associational fibers interconnecting limbic areas (i.e. septal and uncus).
Superior and Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculi; associational fibers interconecting visual areas with association cortices of frontal cortex.
Corpus callosum (yellow); a commissure interconnecting most of cerebral cortex, except portions of temporal lobes
Corpus Callosum;
A) Genu (connects frontal hemispheres)
B) Body
C) Splenium (connects occipital hemipsheres)
D) Rostrum
Anterior commissure; interconnects portions of the temporal lobes, lies anterior to hypothalamus and dorsal to optic chiasm
Posterior commissure; really part of the brainstem, crossing over of pretectal neurons involved in pupillary (consensual) light reflexes, located ventral to pinneal gland
Red: olfactory bulb
Orange: gyrus rectus
Blue: olfactory tract
Red: orbital gyrus
Orange: Uncus
Blue: parahippocampul gyrus
Red: Cingulate gyrus (mood, personality)
Green: corpus callosum
Blue: fornix
Purple: parahippocampal gyrus
Red line over the Uncus
deep to the uncus lies the amygdala (anteriorly, pink arrow) and hippocampus (posteriorly, green arrow)
Red arrow: Amygdala, which is located in same coronal plane as the Basal ganglia (blue arrows)
Amygdala (pink arrow) the center for experiencing fear, anxiety, and rage. Has many inputs/outputs including ventral basal ganglia, mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus, orbital and medial prefrontal cortex.
Red: hippocampal formation, located in same coronal plane as the thalamus (green arrow), in the medial temporal lobe.
Nucleus Accumbens: area of the basal ganglia involved in emotion, reward, and addictive behaviors; this region helps in choosing the appropriate emotional response to a given situation.
Cross section of midbrain:
Yellow = ventral tegmental area, sends dopaminergic inputs to the Nucleus accumbens; centrally this is associated with rewards and addiction
Red = median raphe nucleus
Mammillary bodies (contain mammillary nuclei); considered part of the hypothalamus.
Diencephalic regions of the Limbic System:
Red= anterior thalamic nucleus; receives input from mammillary nuclei and projects to cingulate gyrus
Pink= Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus; receives input from cortex, amygdala (orange ball below mammillary nucleus), ventral pallidum (n. accumbens), and projects to orbital frontal cortex and medial frontal cortex
Orange= mammillary nucleus (part of hypothalamus)
First line drug tx for partial seizures
carbamazepine and phenytoin
First line tx for generalized seizures
ethosuximide (for pure absence epilepsy)
valproate a traditional med for generalized sz but bad SE profile (fatal hepatoxicity and NT defects), so lamotrigine an alternative.
Drugs specific for partial-sz may make generalized sz’s WORSE (carbamazepine, gabapentin, tiagabine).