DSA: Neurophysio of Emotion Flashcards
Describe the two pathways of fear.
- A direct thalamo-amygdaloid pathway to the lateral nucleus of the amygdala. — Mediates rapid responses.
- An indirect thalamo-cortico-amygdaloid pathway to the lateral nucleus of the amygdala. —- Mediates later responses.
The lateral nucleus of the amygdala integrates the inputs from the 2 pathways of fear and send the paired information to the ____ and ____ nuclei for additional processing.
basal; intercalated
Information from the lateral, basal, and intercalated nuclei is sent the the ____ nucleus of the amygdala.
central
The ____ is an important component in generating the physiologic responses to emotions.
hypothalamus
Anger is mediated through the _____. This requires ____ acting at D2 receptors.
amygdala; dopamine
Inhibiting anger involves the _____, _____ _____ _____, and ____ ____.
neocortex; ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; septal nuclei
Avoidance is in the _____ _____ _____, ____ ____, and _____ _____.
lateral posterior hypothalamus; dorsal midbrain; entorhinal cortex
Sadness in mediated in the lower sector of the _____ _____ _____.
anterior cingulate cortex
Disgust is mediated in the ____ ____ and ____.
insular cortex; putamen
Damage to the insular cortex and putamen in Huntington’s disease can abolish ____.
disgust
Surprise is strongly associated with the _____ ____.
parahippocampal gyrus
The ventromedial PFC receives input from the _____, _____, _____ _____ _____ ____, and _____ _____ _____.
amygdala; hippocampus; temporal visual association area; dorsolateral PFC
The ___ region of the ___ ____ ___ is involved in integration of all sensory and emotional processing, controlling emotional display, and conflict detection.
ventral; anterior cingulate cortex
The ventromedial PFC controls _____ ____, ___ ___, and ____ ____.
reward processing; gut feeling; delayed gratification
