Brain anatomy/Physiology

Question 1

Regions of brain used in selectively processing faces, may be less developed in Autism?

Answer 1

Lateral fusiform gyrus

Question 2

Working memory is primarily associated with?

Answer 2

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 3

Sex related differences in brain anatomy in longitudinal MRI scans?

Answer 3

Volumes of grey matter

Question 4

Brain nucleus releasing ACTH with subsequent corticosteroid release?

Answer 4

Paraventricular nucleus

Question 5

Brain structure to recognize other people’s emotional states?

Answer 5

Amygdala

Question 6

Brain region in charge of monitoring behavior and adapting to errors?

Answer 6

Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Question 7

Brain area primarily involved in motor memory?

Answer 7

Cerebellum

Question 8

Structural and functional connectivity changes in poverty associated with which brain region?

Answer 8

Hippocampus

Question 9

What levels of CNS are sexual arousal and climax organized?

Answer 9

Spinal Cord

Question 10

Brain region used in response inhibition?

Answer 10

Inferior frontal cortex

Question 11

Impairment in which brain region is indicated by lack of geographic direction?

Answer 11

Right hemisphere

Question 12

Where are half of all noradrenergic neurons located?

Answer 12

Locus coeruleus

Question 13

Core part of cortico-striatal-thalamic loop circuit involved in assigning value to rewards?

Answer 13

Medial orbitofrontal cortex

Question 14

Which brain structure is responsible for processing incoming sensory information?

Answer 14

Thalamus

Question 15

What do dopaminergic neurons project in limbic system?

Answer 15

Ventral Tegmental area

Question 16

Brain structure in learning fear exctinction?

Answer 16

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex