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Cerebral Cortex Flashcards

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fun facts

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  • makes up almost 1/2 of brain weight

- nearly 25 billion neurons w/ 10^14 synaptic connections

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Neocortex (homogenetic cortex)

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  • majority of cerebral cortex

- 6 layered structure

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Heterogenetic cortex

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–> Paleocortex - olfactory bulb/parahippocampal gyrus
–> Archicortex - hippocampus
both 3 layers

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Neocortex gyri

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precentral gyrus
postcentral gyrus
cingulate gyrus
parahippocampal gyrus

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Non-neocortex gyri

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uncus
olfactory cortex
olfactory bulb

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pyramidal cells

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principle output neurons

  • cone shaped cell bodies w/ LONG apical dendrites
  • long axons LEAVE CORTEX; excitatory
  • 10um-100um range in size
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non-pyramidal cells

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principle interneurons

  • cone shaped cell bodies w/ SHORT apical dendrites
  • axons STAY IN CORTEX; excitatory
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dendritic spines

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site of synapses that are modified during learning

- small changes in spine geometry produce large electrical changes

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Cortical layers

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  1. molecular layer
  2. external granular layer
  3. external pyramidal layer
  4. internal granular layer
  5. internal pyramidal layer
  6. polymorphic layer - fusiform shaped cells
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Motor Cortex structural layers

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  • long axons
  • large pyramidal cell layers 3-5
  • AGRANULAR (lack of granule cells
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Primary Sensory Cortex structural layers

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  • shorter axons project to closer cells
  • large pyramidal cells 3-5
  • GRANULAR
  • THINNER OVERALL
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Afferents to cortex

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other cortical areas, terminate in layer 2-3
- association fibers from ipsi. hemisphere
- commissural fibers from contra.
subcortical areas (thalamus) in layer 4

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Efferents to cortex

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other cortical areas to layer 3 
- major source of corticocortical fibers
subcortical areas
- travel thru internal capsule
- 5 - major source of corticostriate fibers
- 6 - fibers to thalamus
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BA #1,2,3

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primary somatosensory cortex

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BA #4

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primary motor cortex

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BA #5

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associated cortex, somatosensory cortex

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BA #6

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premotor cortex

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BA #17

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primary visual cortex

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BA #18,19

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associated cortex visual

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BA #22,39,40

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wernicke’s area

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BA #41,42

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auditory cortex

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BA #44,45

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broca’s area

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Inter-Hemispheric Connections

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  • corpus callosum
  • anterior commissure
  • posterior commissure
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Anterior Commissure

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temporal lobe interconnection

- pain sensation, memory, emotions

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Posterior Commissure

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pretectal nuclei interconnection

- mediates pupillary light reflex

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Corpus Callosum

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Genu - prefrontla fibers
Body - motor/sensory fibers
Splenium - visual fibers
–> destruction of left visual cortex and L splenium = pure word blindness (alexia without agraphia)

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Intra-Hemisphereic Connections

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  • superior longitudinal fasciculus
  • inferior longitudinal fasciculus
  • ucinate fasciculus
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Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus

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frontal –> parietal, occipital, temporal

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Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus

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temporal –> occipital lobe

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Ucinate Fasciculus

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frontal –> temporal

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Neocortical Region 1

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Parietal Lobe
S1 - primary somatosensory cortex
S2 - secondary somatosensory cortex

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S1

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primary somatosensory cortex
BA #3 - thalamocortical projections from VPM, VPL in granular cortex
BA #1,2 - less thalamic, more cortical inputs

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S2

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secondary somatosensory cortex
-input from S1 and VPM/VPL
lateral sulcus, extending to insula

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Congenital Analgesia

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  • can’t feel pain sensation
  • causes: mutation to voltage gated Na+ channels or autosomal recesesive expression of a mutation in TRKA gene controlling nerve growth
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Neocortical Region 2

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Occipital Lobe
V1 - primary visual cortex
V2 - visual association area

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V1

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Primary Visual cortex
BA #17
- retina projects to lateral geniculate to here, info processed then distributed to V2

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V2

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Visual Association area
BA #18,19
- sensitive to motion, color
destruction of V1= total loss of visual stim. response
destruction of V2= loss of specific aspects

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Neocortical Region 3

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Temporal Lobe
A1 - Primary auditory cortex
A2 - Secondary auditory cortex

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A1

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Primary auditory cortex
BA #41
- tonotopically organised
- granular cortex

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A2

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Secondary auditory cortex
BA #42
- gets info from BA #41 and medial geniculate

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Neocortical Region 4

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Frontal Lobe
M1 - Primary motor cortex
M2 - Secondary motor cortex
SMA - Supplementary motor area

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M1

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Primary Motor Cortex
BA #4
- agranular, thickest cortex
- betz cells
- stimulation = contra. muscle movements, except for palate, tongue
- lesion - spastic paralysis
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Betz cells

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largest pyramidal neurons

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M2

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Secondary Motor Cortex
BA #6, premotor cortex
- agranular
- no betz cells
- stimulation - slow movement of larger muscle groups
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SMA

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Supplementary motor Area
BA #6
- stimulation = movement of posture muscles
lesion does not cause paralysis or reflex change

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Planum Temporale

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larger on left than right –> expands left lateral sulcus

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Broca’s Area

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BA #44,45
- lesions impairs language fluency; good comprehension
can understand language, but cannot produce it
–> lack of instructions to motor cortex for production

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Wernicke’s Area

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BA #22
- lesions impairs comprehension; good fluency
can produce language but linguistically incorrect

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Prosody

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rhythm, stress, intonation of speech (musicality)

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Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus

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prosody production

- lesions = motor aprosodia

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Right Posterior Temporoparietal Region

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prosody comprehension

- lesion = sensory aprosodia

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Posterior Parietal Cortex

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some association areas are unimodal

- damage = sensory specific inability to recognise things

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Visual Agnosia

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can’t recognise faces

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Right Parietal Association Cortex

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mediates spatial orientation
- lesions = contralateral neglect
(lesions to the left doesn’t cause same neglect –> right side dominant for spatial attention)

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Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

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  • located @ middle frontal gyrus BA #9 and 46
  • function: working memory
  • ultimatum game
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Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

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  • interconnected to limbic system

- lesion = impulsivity, inability to suppress inappropriate responses & emotional reactions (Phineas Gage)

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