Brain Flashcards
What part of the limbic system is associated with memory storage of emotions?
Hippocampus
What part of the limbic system is associated with deep emotions and fear?
Amygdala
What part of the limbic system is associated with sensory data processing?
Anterior thalamic nuclei
What part of the brain is the control center for the ANS and survival function?
Hypothalamus
What part of the brain is responsible for motor movements, coordination and balance?
Cerebellum
What part of the brain is responsible for regulation of the cycle of sleep and wakefulness?
Reticular activating system (RAS)
What part does the pituitary receive info from?
Hypothalamus
What is the order of activation during fight flight response?
Thalamus, amydala to hippocampus to hypothalamus, hypothalmus-pituitary axis.
What part of the brain receives sensory information?
Anterior parietal lobe
What part of the brain processes motor neuron info
Posterior frontal lobes
What are association neurons
Make connection between sensory and motor neurons
What is the chain of events of action potentials (nerve impulses ) called ?
Depolarization
What two terms define the process of making a brainwave
EPSP (excitatory post synaptic potential) IPSP (inhibitory post synaptic potential)
Are brainwaves a direct measurement of action potentials?
No they are the byproduct of EPSP’s and IPSP’s.
How does Prozac,Paxil and Zoloft work?
By plugging the channels to allow serotonin to stay in the synapse
What supplements should not be taken with SSRI’s
St. John’s wart or 5-HTP
What does rCBF stand for
Regional cerebral blood flow
What area of the brain may have decreases activity in someone with depression?
Left frontal cortex
Which hemisphere is often the dominant hemisphere?
Left hemisphere
What part of the brain may have an increase in activist ion in someone with anxiety
Rt anterior prefrontal cortex and right parietal lobe
What side does language reside on?
Left hemisphere
TBI on right may cause what symptoms?
Personality changes, visiospatial organization issues, temper,impulsivity and poor organization.
TBI On the left may cause what symptoms?
Language problems, lack of spontaneous speech, difficulty retrieving words, aphasia,par aphasia, agraphia, alexia, and or problems with with logic, math and judgement.
With regards to the 10/20 system what side are odd numbers in?
Left
10/20 system what does F sat and for?
Frontal lobes
In 10/20 system what does Fp stand for?
Frontal poles
In 10/20 system what does T stand for?
temporal lobes
In 10/20 system that does O stand for
Occipital lobe
In 10/20 system what does p stand for
Parietal lobes
In 10/20 system what does c stand for?
Central and sensorimotor cortex
In 10/20 system what does z stand for?
The centerline that separated left and right hemispheres.
What does vertex stand for In the 10/20 system?
Central position (cz) (PZ and fz)
In 10/20 system what does dorsal stand for?
Towards the top of the head.
In 10/20 system what does ventral stand for?
Toward the bottom of the head.
What is a fissure?
Long deep groove in the cerebral cortex
What is a gyrus?
The wall or elevated ridge on each side of a deep groove.
What is the gyrus called that separates the rt and left hemisphere?
Cingulate gyrus
What gyrus is considered the cortical part of the limbic system?
Cingulate gyrus
What are shorter grooves called?
Sulcus
What are the grooves called on the prefrontal lobes?
Orbital gyrus
What gyrus separates the temporal and parietal lobe?
Angular gyrus
What creates the dividing line between the sensorimotor cortex (c) and motor cortex thst extends from the left later sulcus to the right lateral sulcus?
The central fissure
What forms the superior boundary of the temporal lobes?
Lateral sulcus
fpz
Anterior ventral medial (prefrontal cortex)
Fz
Anterior dorsal medial (prefrontal cortex)
Cz
Central dorsal medial ( somatosensory/ motor cortex)
PZ
Posterior dorsal medial (parietal lobe)
Oz
Posterior ventral medial ( occipital lobe)
Fp1
Anterior ventral left (orbital gyrus)
Fp2
Anterior ventral lateral right (orbital gyrus)
F3
Anterior dorsal lateral left
F4
Anterior dorsal right lateral
F7
Anterior lateral left
F8
Anterior lateral right
Broca’s area
F7/t3
Wernickes area
Posterior superior temporal lobe on the left
Auditory cortices
LH: C3/T3; RH: C4/T4
Parietal-occipital
P3/o1 and p4/o2
Temporo-parieto-occipito
T5/p3/O1 and T4/P4/O1
What divides the frontal and parietal lobes?
Sensorimotor cortex c3-cz-c4
What lobe is the sensorimotor cortex in?
Parietal
What lobe is the motor cortex in?
Frontal
Where is the pre motor cortex in relation to the primary motor cortex?
Anterior
What ate the key functions of the frontal lobe?
Attention, memory, social awareness,character,motivation planning,prefrontal lobes have connections leadin to amydala (fear).
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
In ODD where may it show up on EEG?
Slowing in the prefrontal cortex fp1/fp2
If someone has a lot of fear and anxiety where might a sensor be placed?
Right prefrontal cortex to creates calm
What is the function of the parietal lobe?
Math, naming objects, complex grammar, spatial awareness
What has the parietal lobe been labeled?
Association cortex
If geometry an issue which side of the parietal lobe?
Right Bec of spatial awareness
Problem solving for math is addressed by what lobe?
Parietal
Working memory is addressed by what lobe?
Frontal
Knowing the difference between right and left is what lobe?and which side?
Right Parietal
What part of the brain is damaged if someone can’t attend to multiple objects at once …balints syndrome
Posterior parietal
What part is the “where” part?
Right parietal
What are function of the temporal lobe?
Verbal memories, word recognition, reading, language, emotion. RH music, facial recognition, social cues, object recognition, proximity to amydala and hippocampus
If damage is on left temporal lobe what may be affected?
Verbal memory for longer passages. May cause conversation difficulty
Lesion to right temporal lobe may cause what?
Inability to recognize intricate melodies.
What part of the brain houses the auditory cortex?
Temporal lobe
What part of the brain is critical to memory making process? Especially verbal
Temporal
What part of the brain of the brain activates short term memory? With regards to numbers
Left parietal
What part of the brain is involved with Spacial or visual short term memory?
Right parietal
Left temporal lobe functions
Reading,learning, memory,positive mood
Right temporal lobes associated with
Music, facial recognition,anxiety, sense of direction
Occipital lobe functions
Visual field, locate objects in environment, see colors, recognize drawings, reading, writing, spelling all because of visual field.
Where are visual flashbacks processed?
Occipital lobe
What is visual agnosia?
Inability to perceive and dare complete objects
What is simultaneous agnosia?
Inability to see multiple objects at the same time
Sensory and motor cortex (sensorimotor cortex)
Motor and sensory lol
What. Ay damage to the RH portion of somatosensory cortex cause?
Compromised reasoning/decision making and emotional feelings, also disrupt that process of bodily signals
What is 1hertz stand for?
One cycle per second
What is a microvolt?
Amplitude or height of the wave
What is the bandwidth for delta?
1-4hz
What is the bandwidth for theta?
4-8hz
What is the bandwidth for alpha?
8-12hz
What is the bandwidth for beta?
13-21hz
What is the bandwidth for smr?
12-15hz
What is the ban with for high beta?
20-32hz
What is the bandwidth for gamma?
38-42hz
During training what are we trying to change?
Amplitude
Where should the reference sensor be placed?
On the same hemisphere as the active sensor
What is a mono polar referential montage
Mounting one active electrode to the scalp
What is a bipolar sequential montage
Mounting both the reference and the active sensor to the scalp
What is disadvantage of mono polar montage
Artifacts
What is common mode rejection
The process of rejecting similar electrical activity
How do you decrease an amplitude?
Inhibit threshold
How do you increase an amplitude?
Reward threshold
Rewarding an increase in amplitude is what?
Rewarding a decrease in amplitude is what?
Up training
Down training
What side is smr usually trained on?
Right
What side is beta usually trained on?
Left
What is coherence training?
A measurement of the similarity of frequency between two sites on the scalp
Phase measurements
Compare two frequency signals on the basis of timing and phase angles. Helpful in TBI
Alpha synchrony
Deep states
Simultaneous action at two sites
What is the bat triad
Lh beta > RH beta
RH alpha > LH ALPHA
LH theta = RH theta
LH alpha higher then right what might we expect
Depression
RH exceeds LH beta what might we expect?
Anxiety or anxiety mixed with depression
What does a spect scan measure?
Cerebral blood flow
What is amplitude
Microvolts/ hertz
What is power?
Microvolts squred/ hertz
What is magnitude
Peak to peak microvolt measurements.. Bottom to top
What I a an absolute measurement?
What is directly below sensor not taking into account the physical charteristics of the skull
Anterior asymmetry is a marker for what
Depression and anxiety
Posterior or anterior alpha asymmetry is a marker for what?
Depression
What is dominant frequency!
The frequency with the highest micro volt reading
What happens when dominant frequency too low?
Slow wave disorder
If dominant frequency too high what may occur?
Anxiety or insomnia