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Cerebrum Overview Flashcards

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Telencephalon regions

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Cerebral cortex

Subcortical regions

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Diencephalon regions

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Thalamus

Hypothalamus

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3
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What is lateral to the 3rd ventricle?

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Thalamus

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4
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How does the cerebrum develop

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It starts to envelope the more caudal regions

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5
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What does the prosencephalon divide into

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Telencephalon and diencephalon

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How is the cerebral cortex in the developed brain

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One continuous sheet

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Where is the insular lobe

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Hidden in the lobe of cerebral cortex. Within the lateral fissure

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What lobe is the uncut in

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Medial temporal lobe

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Where is the parahippocampal gyrus

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Medial temporal lobe

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Where is the isthmus of cingulate gyrus

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Medial temporal lobe

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Subcortical temporal lobe structures within the parahippocampal gyrus

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  • Amygdala within the uncus

- hippocampus

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Region receiving sensory input

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Primary sensory cortex

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Where does input to the primary sensory cortex from the visual system project to

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Lateral geniculate nucleus

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Where does the somatosensory input to the primary sensory cortex come from

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VPL/VPM thalamic nuclei

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Where does the auditory input to the primary sensory cortex come from

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Transverse gyri in lateral fissure, input from VPL thalamic nucleus

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Where does vestibular input to the primary sensory cortex come from

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Insular/parietal cortex in the lateral fissure, input from the VPM thalamic nucleus

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Where does the taste input to the primary sensory cortex come from

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Insular/parietal cortex in lateral fissure, input from VPM thalmic nucleus

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18
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Where does the olfactory input to the primary sensory cortex come from

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Multiple cortical (and subcortical) regions, input from olfactory tract

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Where are all upper motor neurons located

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Primary motor cortex

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What are the two main parts of the primary motor cortex

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Precentral gyrus (mainly) and frontal eye fields (CN III UMNS)

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Secondary association cortex, aka Uniondale association cortex

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  • input from/to primary cortex, 1 kind of sensation
  • sensory functions: processes more complex info than primary cortex
  • motor function: plans motor movements, projects to primary motor cortex
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Tertiary association cortex, aka hetero/multi-modal association cortex

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Input from unimodal association cortex of more than one sensory/motor system
-wernikes area, Braille

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23
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What are the 3 main areas for vision on the cortex

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  • lateral parietal and temporal heteromoal assoication cortex
  • visual association cortex
  • primary visual cortex
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24
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What fissure is the primary visual cortex in

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Calcarine fissure

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25
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How many layers of the cortical layers are there

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6

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26
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Thalamocortical fibers

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Motor input to cortex (cerebrocellar system) and sensory input to cortex (somatosensory input)

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Corticocortical afferents

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Input to cortex from other cortical regions

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Interneurons

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Short/local projections within the same cortical region, filter info

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29
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Corticocortical efferents

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Output from cortex

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30
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Diffuse neurochemical

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System input of AcH, dopamine, norepinephrine

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31
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Is the histology the same all across the different regions of cortex?

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No

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32
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Broadmen map of cortex

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Cellular map of the brain

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33
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How are the cerebral hemispheres connected

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Corpus collosum and anterior commisure

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34
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Genu of the corpus collosum

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The most anteiror portion of the corpus collosum

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35
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What is the body of the corpus collosum?

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The medial, superior region of the corpus colossum

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What is the selenium of the corpus collosum

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The most posterior portion of the corpus collosum

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37
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What is the rostrum of the corpus collosum

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Anterior/inferior portion of the corpus collosum

38
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Where do the cerebral hemispheres connect on the anterior commisure?

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Circular cross section

39
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Other than the cerebral hemispheres, what else connects at the anterior commisure

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Olfactory bulbs

40
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What are the deep white matter tracts within each cerebral hemisphere?

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  • superior longitudinal fasciculus
  • inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus
  • uncinate faciculus
  • arcuate fasciculus
  • inferior longitudinal fasciculus
  • cingulum bundle
  • short association fibers
41
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Connects the occipital, parietal, and frontal lobes

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Superior longitudinal fasciculus

42
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Connects the occipital parietal, and frontal lobes inferiorly

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Inferior fronts-occipital fasciculus

43
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Connects the temporal and frontal lobes

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Uncinate fasciculus

44
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Connects the language areas (Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas)

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Accurate fasciculus

45
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Connects the occipital and temporal lobes

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Inferior longitudinal fasciculus

46
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Connections throughout cingulate and parahippocampal gyri

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Congruous bundle

47
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Connect neighboring gyri of same hemisphere

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Short assoication fibers (U fibers, or arcuate fibers)

48
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Is the cortex deep or shallow

49
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What kind of fibers are in the insular capsule

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Descending and ascending

You can damage this without damaging other tracts and get weakness

50
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When looking at a cross section of the cerebrum, what kind of radiations do you see?

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You see the internal capsule and then the coronal radiations off of that

51
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How do motor projections descend in the internal capsule

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Through the internal capsule to the cerebral peduncles, onward through the basilar pons, pyramids, LCST

52
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What cranial nerves do we test in the supratentorial region

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CN 1 and 2, and then UMN to ALL CRANIAL NERVES

53
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What functions are tested in the supratentorial compartment

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  • awake and oriented, mental status
  • CN1 and 2
  • olfactory, and visual
  • language, cognition, memory
  • behavioral
54
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Unique functions of the supratentorial compartment

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Horizontal

  • CN 1 and 2
  • language, cognition, memory
  • behavior

Longitudinal

  • awake and oriented
  • mental status
  • brainstem-thalamus-cortex network

CN
-UMN to all cranial nuclei

Motor systems

  • corticospinal system
  • corticobulbar/corticonuclear
  • cerebrocerebellar
  • basal ganglia

Somatosensory
-ALS and DC-ML

55
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What are the main types of pathology we see when dealing with the cerebrum

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Vascular
Neoplasm
Degenerative
Seizures

56
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What is the blood supply to the lateral surface of the brain

57
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What is the blood supply to the parietal and frontal lobes

58
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What is the blood supply to the medial surface of parietal and temporal lobes

59
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This supplies the medial and dorsolateral parts of the frontal, parietal, and cingulate gyri

60
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This supplies the ventral and some lateral surface of the temporal and occipital lobes

61
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What are the borderline zones between the vascular territories on the cerebrum called

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Watersheds, smaller branches anastomose here

62
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PCA-MCA border

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Varies in anterior end of temporal lobes

63
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PCA border

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May cover all of ventral and medial surfaces, or MCA inferior division may reach this surface

64
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What do watershed territories include

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White matter deep to cerebral cortex

65
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Watershed infarcts

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Anastomose between the major vasculature are small vessels and anastomoses can collapse during hypotension/hypovolemia causing a watershed infarct

66
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What can transient episodes of hypoxia causes

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Watershed infarct

67
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What are the two main things that cause a watershed infarct

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Reduction in flow or O2 levels

68
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Are watershed areas restricted to gray matter?

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No, they are wedge shaped territories that extend down into the white matter

69
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Anterior (ICA) VS Posterior (vertebra-basilar) systems

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Largely independent under normal conditions

-anastomoses through circle of willis are most important when one of the cerebral arteries is compromised

70
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What two main blood supplies come off of the ICA

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ACA and MCA

71
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What main blood supply comes off of the vertebral artery

72
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What do cerebral tumors do to function

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Typically suppress local function, but can be irritative/stimulatory

73
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What kind of presence do cerebral tumors show

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Focal pathology (typically) with localizing signs

74
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Temporal profile of cerebral tumors

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Insidious onset

75
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Abnormal electrical activity that transiently disrupts neural function

76
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Loss of consciousness in seizures

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Differences in degree

77
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How do seizures often appear as

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Start as focal process, then may spread or ‘generalize”

78
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How do you recognize the presentation pattern of seizures?

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Must have a neuroanatomy knowledge

79
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Temporal profile of seizures

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Transient, aka paroxysmal, may recur

80
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Prodrome and seizures

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Often have a prodromal event or sensory “aura” immediately before onset

81
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How does amygdala sit to the hippocampus

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Mostly rostral, but extends caudally and just superior/dorsal to hippocampus

82
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What structure is critical for long term memory

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Hippocampus

83
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What structure helps cortex store memories

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Hippocampus

84
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What structure helps regulate emotions and stress responses

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Hippocampus

85
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What structure does the hippocampus interact with

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Hypothalamus

86
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Major functions of the hypothalamic nuclei deep to 3rd ventricle

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  • neuroendocrine regulation
  • regulates ANS
  • thermoregulation
  • energy/metabolism
  • hunger/thirst
  • cravings (Na+, fat)
  • motivation
  • behavioral regulation
87
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Relationship of hypothalamus, thalamus, midbrain

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All neighbors

88
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What is the thalamus positioned adjacent to

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3rd ventricle

89
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Sensory nuclei through thalamus

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  • Visual: LGN
  • auditory: MGN
  • somatosensory: VPL and VPM
  • taste: VPM
90
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Motor nuclei through the thalamus

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  • ventral anterior nucleus
  • ventral lateral nucleus
  • part of the cerebrocerebellum circuitry
  • part of the feedback loop between cerebral cortex and basal ganglia

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