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Cortical Organisation Flashcards

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Function of Occipital lobe

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Processes visual information

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Function of Temporal Lobe

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Emotions
Auditory function
Memories

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Function of Limbic Lobe

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Reward
Emotion
Learning
Memory
Motivation
(RELMM)
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What forms the Limbic Lobe (4 parts)?

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Hippocampus
Cingulate gyrus
Amygdala
Mamillary body

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Function of Frontal Lobe

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Cognitive function
Attention
Language
Memory
Motor function
(CALMM)
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Function of Parietal Lobe

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Sensation - touch and pain
Sensory aspect of language
Spatial orientation
Self-perception
(SSSS)
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Function of Insular Cortex

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Visceral sensation
Auditory processing
Interoception
Autonomic control
Visual-vestibular integration
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Where is the insular cortex?

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Deep to the lateral fissure

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Function of White Matter Tracts

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Connect cortical areas

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What are the 3 types of white matter tracts?

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Association fibres
Commissural fibres
Projection fibres

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Function of Association fibres

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Connect areas within the same hemisphere

intrahemispheric

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Function of Commissural fibres

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Connect homologous structures in the left and right hemispheres
(interhemispheric)

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Function of Projection fibres

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Connect cortex with lower brain structures
(e.g. thalamus, brain stem and spinal cord)
afferent - towards cortex
efferent - away from cortex

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Types of Association fibres

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Short fibres

Long fibres

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What is the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus?

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Long Association fibres

Connects frontal and occipital lobes

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What is the Arcuate Fasciculus?

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Long Association fibres

Connects frontal and temporal lobes

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What is the Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus?

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Long Association fibres

Connects temporal and occipital lobes

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What is the Uncinate Fasciculus?

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Long Association fibres

Connects the anterior frontal and temporal lobes

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Examples of Commissural fibres

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Corpus Callosum

Anterior Commissure

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What is the name given to projection fibres that radiate deeper to the cortex?

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Corona Radiata

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Characteristics of the primary cortices

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Predictable function
Symmetry between left and right
Organised topographically

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Characteristics of the secondary cortices

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Function is less predictable
Not organised topographically
Weak/absent symmetry

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Function of the Primary Motor Cortex

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Controls fine, discrete, precise voluntary movements

Provides descending signals to execute movements

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Function of the Supplementary Area

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Involved in planning complex movements

e.g. internally cued

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Function of the Premotor Area

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Involved in planning complex movements

e.g externally cued

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Function of Primary Somatosensory Cortex

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Processes somatic sensations arising from receptors in the body
(e.g. fine touch, vibration, two-point discrimination, proprioception, pain, temperature)

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Function of Somatosensory Association Cortex

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Interpret significance of sensory information
Awareness of self and awareness of personal space
(e.g. recognising an object placed in the hand)

28
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Where are the Premotor area, Supplementary area, Primary Motor Cortex located?

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Frontal Lobe

29
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Where is the Primary Somatosensory area and Somatosensory association cortex located?

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Parietal Lobe

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Where are the Primary Visual Cortex and Visual Association Cortex located?

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Occipital Lobe

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Function of the Primary Visual Cortex

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Processes visual stimulation

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Function of the Visual Association cortex

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Gives meaning and interpretation of auditory input

33
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Where are the Primary Auditory Cortex and the Auditory Association located?

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Temporal Lobe

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Function of Broca’s area

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Production of language

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Function of Wernickes area

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Understanding of language

36
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Function of Prefrontal cortex

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Decision making
Attention
Planning
Adjusting social behaviour
Personality expression
(DAPAP)
37
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What happens as a result of a frontal lobe lesion?

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Changes in personality
Inappropriate behaviour
(Phineas Gage)

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What happens as a result of a parietal lobe lesion?

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Contralateral neglect
Lack of awareness of self on contralateral side
Lack of awareness of extrapersonal space on contralateral side

39
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What happens as a result of a temporal lobe lesion?

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Agnosia - inability to recognise

Patient HM

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What happens as a result of a lesion to Broca’s area?

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Expressive aphasia - poor production of speech, but comprehension is intact

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What happens as a result of a lesion to Wernicke’s area?

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Receptive aphasia - poor comprehension of speech, production is fine

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What happens as a result of a primary visual cortex lesion?

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Blindness in the corresponding part of the visual field

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What happens as a result of a lesion to the visual association area?

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Deficits in interpretation of visual information

Prosopagnosia - face blindness

44
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What does electroencephalography measure?

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electrical signals produced by the brain

45
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What does magnetoencephalography measure?

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magnetic signals produced by the brain

46
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What doe PET stand for?

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Positron emission tomography

47
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What does PET measure?

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blood flow directly to a brain region

48
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What does functional magnetic resonance imaging measure?

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Amount of blood oxygen in a brain region

49
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What is transcranial direct current stimulation?

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Uses low direct current over the scalp to increase or decrease neuronal firing rates

50
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What is transcranial magnetic stimulation?

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Uses electromagnetic induction to stimulate neurons and assess the functional integrity of neural circuits

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