General

Question 1

What is the function of the basal ganglia?

Answer 1

Movement

Question 2

What is input to basal ganglia?

Answer 2

All areas of cerebral cortex

Question 3

Output?

Answer 3

Thalamus

Question 4

What is the relationship between the basal ganglia and thalamus?

Answer 4

Basal ganglia keeps the thalamus under control
It either takes the brakes off the thalamus so it can excite the cerebral cortex or puts the brakes on the thalamus so it sends less excitatory info to the cortex

Question 5

What are the three functional loops?

Answer 5

Motor loop
Associative loop
Limbic loop

Question 6

What are the two pathways controlling input to basal ganglia?

Answer 6

Direct

Indirect

Question 7

What does the thalamus loop back to?

Answer 7

Cortex

Question 8

What is the striatum?

Answer 8

Caudate nucleus

Putamen nucleus

Question 9

What is found medial to the Putamen?

Answer 9

Globus pallidus

Question 10

What are the two types of globus pallidus?

Answer 10

Internus globus pallidus

External globus pallidus

Question 11

What is found in the upper part of the midbrain?

Answer 11

Substantia nigra

Question 12

What is found at the end of the thalamus?

Answer 12

Medial geniculate nucleus

Question 13

Where does the motor loop come from?

Answer 13

Primary motor cortex

Question 14

Where does the associative loop come from?

Answer 14

Frontal cortex

Question 15

Where does the limbic loop come from?

Answer 15

Limbic system

Question 16

What does the associative loop control?

Answer 16

Executive functioning and behaviour

Question 17

What does the limbic loop control?

Answer 17

Arousal
Motivation
Learning

Question 18

What does the motor loop control?

Answer 18

Initiating movement
Inhibiting unwanted movement
Conduct sequential movement
Enable movements to become automatic