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Chapter 14: Brain Movement Flashcards

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What are the three levels of hierarchical motor control? What is their main function? What are the structures involved?

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LEVELS:

  1. High
  2. Middle
  3. Low

FUNCTION:

  1. strategy
  2. tactics
  3. execution

STRUCTURES:
1. association areas of neocortex, basal ganglia

  1. motor cortex and cerebellum
  2. brain stem and spinal cord
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Quick movements cannot be altered by sensory feedback.

Why is it that obtaining sensory information during the movement crucial?

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not for the movement at hand but for improving subsequent similar movements

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Lateral pathways are involved in […] of the […] and are under […] control.

Ventromedial pathways are involved in […] and […] and are under […] control.

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voluntary movement; distal musculature; direct cortical control

control of posture; locomotion; brain stem control

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What is the most important component of the lateral pathways?

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corticospinal tract/pyramidal tract

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Describe the corticospinal tract (2):

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  1. longest and largest in the CNS

2. two-thirds of the axons originate in areas 4 & 6 of the frontal lobe (motor cortex)

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Along the corticospinal tract, where does decussation occur?

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at the junction of the medulla and spinal cord (pyramidal decussation)

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Along the rubrospinal tract, where does decussation occur?

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in the pons (almost immediately)

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Describe the pathway of the corticospinal tract:

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CORTICAL:

motor cortex (3/4) — inter capsule [telencephalon and thalamus] — cerebral peduncle — midbrain [pons] — medulla [medulla pyramid] — *** — lateral column of the spinal cord

*** = decussation occurs

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Describe the pathway of the rubrospinal tract:

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RUBRO:

red nucleus [midbrain] — *** — lateral column of the spinal cord

*** = decussation occurs

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What is the effect of lesions in both corticospinal and rubrospinal tracts?

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  1. unable to make fractioned movements of the arms and hands
  2. could not move shoulders/elbows/wrists/fingers independently
  3. voluntary movements were slower and less accurate
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What is the effect of lesions in the corticospinal tract?

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  1. temporary– movement deficient
  2. permanent– flexor weakness and inability to move fingers independently

Summary: immediate paralysis on contralateral side but considerable recovery

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If there were only lesions in the corticospinal tract and then later a subsequent lesion in the rubrospinal tract, what would occur?

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recovery would reverse

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The ventromedial pathways contain […] tracts that originate in the […] and terminate among the […] controlling […] and […] muscles.

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4 descending; brain stem; spinal interneurons; proximal; axial

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What are the 4 tracts in the ventromedial pathway?

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  1. vestibulospinal tract
  2. tectospinal tract
  3. pontine reticulospinal tract
  4. medullary reticulospinal tract
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What sensory information does the ventromedial pathway use (3)?

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  1. balance
  2. body position
  3. visual environment
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Using sensory information, what does the ventromedial pathway maintain (2)?

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  1. balance

2. body posture

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Which tracts function to:

Keep the head balanced on the shoulders as the body moves through space and to turn the head in response to new sensory stimuli.

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vestibulospinal and tectospinal tracts

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Where does the vestibulospinal tract originate?

Where does the tract relay information?

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vestibular nuclei of the medulla

relay from the vestibular labyrinth (inner ear)

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Vestibular labyrinth consists of […] and […] in the […] bone that are closely associated with the […].

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fluid-filled canals; cavities; temporal; cochlea

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Movement of the head and motion of the labyrinth leads to

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  1. fluid movement of the labyrinth activates the hair cells

2. hair cells signal vestibular nuclei via CN VIII

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Components of the vestibulospinal tract projection (2):

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  1. projects bilaterally down the spinal cord

2. projects ipsilaterally as far down as the lumbar spinal cord

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Vestibulospinal tract:

Bilateral projection helps with…

Ipsilateral projection helps with…

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B–
1. activates the cervical spinal circuits that control neck and back muscles

  1. guide head movement

I–
1. maintain upright and balanced posture

  1. facilitates extensor motor neurons of the legs
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Tectospinal tract originates in the […] of the […], which receives direct input from the […].

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superior colliculus; midbrain; retina

24
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The reticulospinal tracts arise mainly from the […].

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reticular formation of the brain stem

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What are the two descending tracts of reticular formation?

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  1. pontine (medial) reticulospinal tract

2. medullary (lateral) reticulospinal tract

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Pontine reticulospinal tract:

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enhances the antigravity reflexes of the spinal cord

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How does the pontine reticulospinal tract enhance antigravity reflexes?

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  1. facilitate extensors of the lower limbs

2. help maintain a standing posture by resisting the effects of gravity

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Medullary reticulospinal tract:

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liberates the antigravity muscles from reflex control

** opposite of pontine reticulospinal tract

29
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Where is the motor cortex located?

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frontal lobe

area 4 lies just anterior to the central sulcus on the precentral gyrus

area 6 lies just anterior to area 4

30
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What area is known as the primary motor cortex or M1?

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area 4

31
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Area 4 vs area 6:

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4– motor cortex

6– evoke complex movements on either side of the body

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What are the two somatotopically organized motor maps of area 6?

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  1. LATERAL: premotor area (PMA)

2. MEDIAL: supplementary motor area (SMA)

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PMA vs SMA:

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perform similar functions but on different muscle groups

P– connects primarily with reticulospinal neurons that innervate proximal motor units

S– send axons that innervate distal motor units directly

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Area 5:

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a target of inputs from the primary somatosensory cortical areas 3, 1, and 2

35
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Area 7:

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a target of high-order visual cortical areas such as MT

36
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Lesions in posterior parietal cortex causes:

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  1. bizarre abnormalities of body image and the perception of spatial relations
  2. neglect the side of the body opposite of the lesion
37
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What are two particular interests in the posterior cortex?

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  1. area 5

2. area 7

38
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These […] areas, along with the […], represent the highest levels of motor control hierarchy.

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prefrontal; posterior parietal cortex

39
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Prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex converge their axons on what area? This junction is where the signal transform to what?

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area 6

transforms from what actions are desired to how these actions will be carried out

40
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What areas would become active on a PET monitor if the two following orders were given?

  1. Subjects asked to perform a series of finger movements from memory.
  2. Subjects asked only to mentally rehearse the movement without movement.
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  1. areas 4 and 6

2. area 6 only

41
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What area plays an important role in the planning of the movement?

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area 6

42
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Cells in the SMA typically increase their discharge rates…

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a second before the execution of hand or wrist movement

43
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A lesion of the SMA on one side leads to?

What does this mean about the SMA connections?

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movement deficient pronounced for tasks requiring the coordinated actions of the two hands

SMA is closely linked via the corpus callosum

44
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Apraxia:

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selective inability to perform complex motor acts

45
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Cells in the PMA typically increase their discharge rates…

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when instructions were given and continued until the trigger stimulus came on and the movement was initiated

46
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The major subcortical input to area 6:

Hint– located in a nucleus of the dorsal thalamus

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ventral lateral (VL) nucleus

47
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The input of the VL arises from the […] buried deep within the […].

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basal ganglia; telecephalon

48
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The basal ganglia is a target for…

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cerebral cortex (prefrontal/frontal/parietal cortex)

49
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What is the function of the following loop:

Basal ganglia, thalamus, cortex (supplementary cortex)

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selection and initiation of willed movements

50
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What does the basal ganglia consist of?

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  1. caudate nucleus
  2. putamen
  3. globus pallidus
  4. subthalamic nucleus
  5. substantia nigra
51
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Substantia nigra location:

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midbrain structure that is reciprocally connected with the basal ganglia of the forebrain

52
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The striatum consist of the…

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putamen and caudate together

53
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The striatum is a target of the […] input to the […].

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cortical; basal ganglia

54
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The globus pallidus is the source of the […] to the […].

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output; thalamus

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