Key concepts: Amygdala function

Question 1

conditions

Answer 1

depression
mood disorders

Question 2

what is the amygdala

Answer 2

collection of nuclei found in the temporal Lobe
one in each hemisphere

Question 3

major nuclei of the amygdala

Answer 3

lateral
basal
accessory basal
central
medial
cortical

Question 4

anatomical division of the nuclei in the amygdala

Answer 4

basolateral
corticomedial

Question 5

basolateral nuclei

Answer 5

lateral
basal
accessory basal

Question 6

corticomedial nuclei

Answer 6

central
medial
cortical

Question 7

amygdala function

Answer 7

part of limbic system
fear and threat detection
processing positive stimuli
emotional memories

Question 8

components of the limbic system

Answer 8

limbic lobe
hippocampus
amygdala

Question 9

limbic lobe

Answer 9

not a true Lobe
comprises ring of Cortex on medial surface and spans aspects of frontal, parietal and temporal lobes

Question 10

location of the amygdala in relation to the hippocampus

Answer 10

rostral/anterior and medially

Question 11

memory types

Answer 11

Question 12

hippocampus location

Answer 12

below the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle

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amygdala location

Answer 13

just deep to the uncus

Question 14

components of papez

Answer 14

hippocampus
maxillary body
thalamus
cingulate gyrus
fornix

Question 15

papez circuit

Answer 15

Question 16

fornix

Answer 16

carries output form hippocampus to maxillary bodies
most posterior nuclei of the hypothalamus