L4 Flashcards
Forebrain
prosencephalon:
Telencephalon and Diencephalon
Diencephalon
Dorsal: thalamus, subthalamus, epithalamus, pineal gland
Ventral: hypothalamus, posterior pituitary, optic nerve/retina
pineal gland function
sleep
Thalamus function
main relay centre for everything cortex related
Subthalamic nucleus
Dopamine pathway
hypothalamus function
major homeostatic centre of body
metathalamus
Auditory and visual system
Medial geniculate nucleus
Auditory system, IC
Lateral geniculate nucleus
Visual system, SC
Telencephalon
neo-cortex, corpus striatum, preoptic area
pallium
Glutamate
layered structure
homogenous
sub-pallium
GABA
nuclear structures
heterogenous
clusters form basal nuclei
pallium - external
Isocortex (majority of pallium)
frontal - movement
parietal - spatial
occipital
audiotry
pallium - internal
proisocortex:
cingulate - limbic, no layer IV
Insular - Gustatory, homeostasis, multi III
Parahippocampus - 3-5 layered
Pallium - allocortex
hippocampus - limbic, memory and spatial
Piriform and Olfactory bulb - olfactory