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Brain/Neurotransmitters Flashcards

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Frontal Lobe: Functions

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Ability to think & plan, executive functions (complex, cognitive tasks), insight, stability of personality, motor aspects of spoken and written speech, inhibition of primitive emotional responses

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Frontal Lobe: Dysfunctions

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Difficulty with abstract thinking, attention, concentration, motivation
inability for self-eval
instability of personality
irritability, impulsiveness, inappropriate behavior
words/writing garbled

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Parietal Lobe: Functions

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Receiving and identifying sensory info, memory association, proprioception (perception of self), sensory speech

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Parietal Lobe: Dysfunctions

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Inability to recognize sensations (touch, pain, temp), inability to learn from past, inability to recognize body in relation to environment, difficulty dressing & eating, inability to recognize spoken/written words

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Temporal Lobe: Functions

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hearing, complex memory, emotion, gender identity, production/analysis of speech

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Temporal Lobe: Dysfunctions

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auditory hallucinations, memory impairment/difficulty learning, difficulting recognizing own emotions and controlling sexual/aggressive drives, confusion about masculinity/femininity, aphasia (difficulty forming and comprehending language)

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Occipital Lobe: Functions

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Vision

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Occipital Lobe: Dysfunctions

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visual hallucinations, loss of visual memory, inability to understand meaning of written words

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Limbic System: Function

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Regulating emotional responses, smell interpretation, memory collation, impressions of agreeableness/disagreeableness, regulate ANS

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Limbic System: Dysfunction

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excessive emotional responses, inability to recognize own emotions, olfactory hallucinations, difficulty with declarative memory, working and long-term memory problems, difficult learning, increased thirst/hunger

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RAS: Function

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Receiving of impulses from entire body and relaying to cortex

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RAS: Dysfunction

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Sedation or loss consciousness; difficulties controlling aggression, may contribute to passivity

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Cerebellum: Function

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coordination of skeletal muscles, maintaining equilibrium/posture, procedural memory, reward center

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Cerebellum: Dysfunction

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difficulty with motor skills, regulating ROM, balance issues, difficulty walking upright and performing tasks, decreased ability to experience pleasure

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Dopamine (DA): Function

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Abstract thinking, decision making, pleasure/reward system, learning, integration of thoughts and emotions, increased sex drive

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Dopamine (DA): Excess/Deficit

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Excess: mania, disorganized thinking
Deficit: ADHD, parkinson’s

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Norepinephrine (NE), Epinephrine (E): Function

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Alertness, ability to focus, ability to be orientated, necessary for learning and memory, mood, appetite, fight or flight

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Norepinephrine (NE), Epinephrine (E): Excess/Deficit

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Excess: Paranoia, loss of appetite, anxiety
Deficit: depression

Ppl are very sensitive to small fluctuations

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Serotonin (5-HT): Function

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mood and emotional behavior, inhibition of activity, pain perception, plays role in sleep cycle/circadian rhythm

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Serotonin (5-HT): Excess/Deficit

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Excess: increased sleep, decreased anxiety, indecision, decreased sex drive
Deficit: irritability, hostility, insomnia, decreased impulse control

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Acetylcholine (ACh): Function

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“Guardian Angel of PSN”

preparation for action, emotional regulation, social play/exploration

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Acetylcholine (ACh): Excess/Deficit

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lack of inhibition, antisocial behaviors

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GABA: Function

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Calmness, contentedness, reduction of agression/anxiety

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GABA: Excess/Deficit

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Excess: sedation, impaired recent memory
Deficit: irritability, high anxiety, lack of coordination

anxiolytics, anticonvulsants

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Histamine: Function

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Can help disperse neurotransmitters

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Glutamate (Glu): Function

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Main excitatory neurotransmitter, develops and strengthens synapses, improves memory and learning

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Glutamate (Glu): Excess/Deficit

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Schizophrenia, damages to neurons releases toxic Glu level

‘ALS, Alzheimers

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Hypothalamus

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maintain homeostasis/equilibrium

thirst, hunger, sex, anorexia, bulemia

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Amygdala

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control of emotions (nurturing behavior/fear conditioning)

inappropriate fear/rage, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD

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Hippocampus

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Information processing (sensory to action)

Declarative memory impairment, “lazy/unmotivated”

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Cigulate gyrus

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regulates stress, emotional content of physical pain, executive organizer/direction attention

AND, depression, emotion content

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Thalamus

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impressions of agreeableness/disagreeableness, relay station, sensory-motor information (pain)

OCD, schizophrenia, mood-disorders

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