HIGHER CENTER: LIMBIC SYSTEM

Question 1

Has major connections to the olfactory tract
Cognitive mapping
includes the cingulate and parahippocampal gyri, amygdala, and hippocampal formation

Answer 1

Limbic System

Question 2

Limbic system includes the
A
H
P
C

Answer 2

Amygdala
Hippocampus
Parahippocampus
Cingulate Gyrus

Question 3

progressive loss of short term episodic memories followed by general loss of cognitive function —> death

cytopathologic hallmarks is the presence of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of the hyperphosphorylated tau proteins that normally binds to microtubules and extracellular matrix

Answer 3

alzheimers

Question 4

LIMBIC SYSTEM IS DIVIDED INTO 2 MAJOR SETS
Located along the course of the medial forebrain
(ventral tegmental area) and nucelus accumbens

Answer 4

rewards centers

Question 5

LIMBIC SYSTEM
Tameness/Pleasurable sensations
activated by agents like amphetamine, alcohol, nicotine, heroin, morphine

Answer 5

STRONG STIMULATION OF THE REWARDS CENTERS

Question 6

LIMBIC SYSTEM
secondary to the destructive of amygdala they have excessive sex drive, aggressive, they have loss of fear

Answer 6

kluver-bucy syndrome