Limbic Flashcards

1
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Limbus location

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Medially and centrally in CNS

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2
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Limbic system extends from

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Forebrain to brainstem

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3
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Olfaction

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Olfactory cortex

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4
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Memory

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Hippocampal formation

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5
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Emotions and drives

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Amygdala

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6
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Homeostasis

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Hypothalamus

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7
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Medial structures

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Cingulate gurus

Parahippocampal gurus

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8
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Lateral structures

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Temporal pole
Anterior insular cortex
Orbital frontal gyros

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9
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Inferior view

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Parahippcampal gyrus
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory tract
Orbiofrontal gyri

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10
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Primary olfactory cortex

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Piriform cortex
Periamygdaloid cortex
—> aydgala and olfactory tubercles - emotion and motivational aspect of smell

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11
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Secondary olfactory areas

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Entorhinal cortex - evoke memories

Orbitofrontal olfactory area - olfactory discrimination

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12
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Two main areas for memory formation

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  • medial temporal lobe memory area -

- medial diencephalon memory area

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13
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Medial temporal lobe memory area

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Hippocampal formation

Parahippocampal gyrus

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14
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Medial diencephalon memory area

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Mediodorsal nucleus
Anterior nuclues
Mammillary bodies

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15
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Parahippocampal formation

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S shaped

  1. Dentate gyrus
  2. Hippocpamus
  3. Subiculum
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16
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Parahippocampal gyrus

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Entorhinal cortex - input and output relay b/n association cortex and hippocampal formation

Perirhinal cortex - lateral to entorhinal cortex

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17
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Input to medial temporal lobe areas

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Association vortices —> medial temporal structures —> entorhinal cortex—> medial temporal structures

Process and consolidate memory

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18
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Memories stored

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Higher order association cortex

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19
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Output from medial temporal lobe areas - hippocampal

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Subiculum

20
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Output from medial temporal lobe - back to association cortex

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Entorhinal cortex

21
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Output from medial temporal lobe areas - via fornix

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To mammillary bodies
To diencephalic nuclei
To septal nuclei
To amygdala

22
Q

Declarative memory

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Explicit

Conscious recollection of facts or events/experience

23
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Nondeclarative memory

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Implicit

Nonconscious recollection of skills, habits, other acquired behaviors

24
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Amnesia

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Declarative memory loss

25
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Selective loss of declarative memory - lesion

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To bilateral medial temporal lobe or

Bilateral medial diencephalic lesion

26
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Unilateral lesion of medial temporal memory area of medial diencephalic memory area

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Usually don’t produce severe memory loss

27
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Working memory

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Limited amount of info briefly in awareness

1-2 mins
*these fx must be intact for info to be converted into declarative memory

28
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Short-term memory

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Recal info that was presented recently

5-60 mins

29
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Long term memory

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Recall info learned some time ago

Beyond 60 mins

30
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Anterograde amnesia

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Forming new memories after injury

31
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Retrograde amnesia

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Loss of memories from a period of time before injury

32
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Lesion: combo of antero and retro amnesia

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Bilateral temporal memory areas or

Bilateral medial diencephalic memory areas

33
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Retrograde amneisa suggests that

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Recent memories are dependent on normal fox of medial temporal and diecephalic structures

Remote memories are not

34
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Infarcts to distal branches of PCA

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Medial temporal lobes

35
Q

Infarcts to paramedical thalamoperforator arteries (off initial PCA)

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Medial thalamus nuclie

36
Q

Infarct at top of basilar artery

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Cause either bilateral medial temporal or diecephalic anoxia

37
Q

Anterior choroid (ICA) and posterior choroidal (PCA)

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Supply parts of hippocampus and thalamus

38
Q

Wrnicke’s korsakoff syndrome

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B1 (thiamine) deficiency
Chronic alcoholics
TPN

Mammillary bodies and medial diencephalic nuclie
If survive - anterograde and retrograde amnesia (bilateral diencephalic nuclei)

39
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Amygdala

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Attaching emotional sig to stimuli and memories

40
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Lesion / removal of amygdala

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Flattened emotions and/or placid behavior

41
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Stim/seizures to amygdala

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Fear, panic, anxiety, rage, aggression

42
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Bilateral amygdalaectomy

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Can profoundly reduce fear

  • emotion changes
  • psychic blindness
  • hyperorality
  • Hypermetamorphosis
  • Hyper sexuality
43
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Schizophrenia

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Chronic, severe,
Hallucinations, flat effect, etc

Bilateral decrease in amygdala, hippocampal formation, parahippocampal gyrus
Abnormal: limbic system, frontal lobe, basal ganglia
Dopamine
Glutamine, GABA, serotonin, and or NE

Most likely combo of anatomy and NT

44
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OCD

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Recurrent, unwanted through,
Relative behaviors

Increased basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus, oribtofrontal cortex

Serotonin

45
Q

Anxiety disorder

A

increase NE and serotonin

Controlled by denzodiazephines

Increased activity in anterior Cingular’s and temporal cortices

46
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Depression

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NE, serotonin, DA system

Increase in cortisol

Decrease global activity in frontal
Decrease cells in prefrontal cortex
Global decrease in cerebral cortex
Decreased hippocampal vol