Lecture 4

Question 1

Serotonin projects from where?

Answer 1

Raphe Nuclei

Question 2

Norepinephrine projects from where?

Answer 2

Locus Coeruleus

Question 3

Acetylcholine projects from where?

Answer 3

Brainstem reticular formation and the basal forebrain

Question 4

Histamine projects from where?

Answer 4

Tubermamillary nucleus of hypothalamus

Question 5

Orexin projects from where

Answer 5

The lateral hypothamalamic and perifornical hypothalamus

Question 6

Name the four dopamine pathways.

Answer 6

a. nigrostriatal pathway
b. mesolimbic pathway
c. mesocortical pathway
d. tuberoinfundibular pathway

Question 7

Nigrostriatal Pathway

Answer 7

Substatia nigra to the striatum

important for motor control

Question 8

Mesocortical Pathway

Answer 8

VTA to the dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex

important for executive function, and higher cognition

Question 9

Mesolimbic Pathway

Answer 9

VTA to the NAc

important for reward, motivation, and delusions

Question 10

Tuberoinfundibular pathway

Answer 10

Hypothalamus to the pituitary

controls prolactin secretion