Emotions Flashcards
- the entire neuronal circuitry that controls emotional behavior and motivational drives
- network of structures is associated with emotions, basic survival and sociosexual behavioral patterns, motivation, and learning
limbic system
True or False? Different Parts of the Limbic System Produce Different Emotions
True
What are the basic emotions?
anger, fear, surprise, disgust, sadness and joy
Descending pyramidal and extrapyramidal projections from motor cortex
Volitional movement (facial expressions)
Descending extrapyramidal projections from medial forebrain and hypothalamus
Neural systems for emotional expression (emotional control of facial expressions)
Anger is associated with what areas?
periventricular
Fear is associated with what area?
amygdala
Surprise is associated with what area?
hypothalamus
Disgust is associated with what area?
inusla
Sadness is associated with what area?
anterior cingulate gyrus
Joy is associated with what areas?
mesolimbic pathway nucleus accumbens
What chemicals are associated with lust?
testosterone
What chemicals are associated with happiness and joy?
dopamine and endorphins
What chemicals are associated with bonding, commitment, and empathy?
Oxytocin
Disorders characterized by extreme and inappropriate exaggeration of mood (or affect), thought to be due to a decreased (Depression) or increased (Mania) activity of norepinephrine and serotonin neurons.
mood disorders
A mood disorder characterized by recurring episodes of recurring dysphoria and negative thinking that is also reflected in behavior.
Major depression
A mood disorder characterized by agitation, bursts of energy, and impulsiveness
mania
A mood disorder in which the patient swings back and forth between feelings of depression and mania
bipolar disorder
inability to feel pleasure
anhedonia
Deep Brain Stimulation of Area 25 (subcallosal cingulate gyrus) has been shown to help with _____
major depression.
A variety of psychological conditions dominated by excessive worry, sympathetic autonomic activity, and maladaptive behavior
anxiety disorders
Characterized by persistent, unwelcomed thoughts or images (obsessions), or the urgent need to engage in certain rituals (compulsions).
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Characterized by persistent, frightening thoughts, memories or dreams of a previously experienced terrifying event. Some feel detached or numb, easily startled, or loose interest in everyday pleasurable events.
PTSD
Characterized by an overwhelming level of anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations; an intense, chronic fear of being watched, and judged by others and of being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions.
social anxiety disorder
