Limbic system & Reticular system - Sleep & Arousal Flashcards
What are the three different elements that make up Emotion?
- Cognitive (thinking) component: an appraisal or judgment
*Feeling (subjective) component: what a person experiences privately
action (or, action tendency) . - Component: either an action or, at least, a tendency to an action
What is the Primary Centre of Emotion?
The limbic system in association with the Hypothalamus
What are the types of emotions perceived?
- Rage and fighting
- Placidity and Tameness
- Reward / Satisfaction/ Pleasant reaction
- Punishment/ Aversion / Unpleasant reaction.
- Sexual Drive – Mating and maternal behaviour.
- Fear
- Anxiety
What are the components of the limbic system?
Amygdaloid body
Hippocampus (“seahorse”)
limbic lobe
Cingulate gyus
Parahippocampal gyrus
Hypothalamus
Mamillary bodies
Anterior nucleus of thalamus
Which part of the limbic system provides an emotional component to the learning system?
Amygdala
In which lobe of the brain is the Amygdala located?
Temporal lobe
Which region of the Amygdala is related to the Olfactory cortex?
Corticomedial group
What is the function of the Basolateral group of the Amygdala?
Provides direct input to basal ganglia and motor system.
Fill in the blanks. “ The medial and central nuclei of the Amygdala is connected to the ________.”
Hypothalamus
Fill in the blanks.” Anxiety increases blood flow to __________.”
To the anterior end of the Temporal lobe
Where is the most dominant pleasure area?
Dopaminergic pathway from ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens.
Which drug reduces re-uptake of dopamine & serotonin?
Cocaine
What substance increase the release of Dopamine?
Amphetamine
Nicotine
Alcohol
Which nucleus regulates the release of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens and Enkaphalins in Hypothalamus?
Midline Raphe Nuclei
Which nuclei is a source of 5- HT ( Serotonin )?
Midline Raphe Nuclei
Fill in the blanks. “ Stimulation of the ___________ amygdala increases food intake.”
Corticomedial amygdala
Fill in the blanks. “ Stimulation of the __________ amygdala reduces feeding behavior. “
Basolateral amygdala
Stimulation of which nuclear group of the Amygdala results in powerful rage or fear?
Basolateral group
What is the pathology associated with bilateral destruction of the Amygdala?
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
What are the characteristics of Kluver- Bucy syndrome?
- Hyper-orality (indiscriminate eating or chewing of food and other objects)
- Hyper-sexuality (lack of sexual inhibition)
- Psychic blindness/visual agnosia (lack of object recognition).
- Personality changes (abnormal passivity, fearless)
- Decreased emotionality.
What is the Input to the Hippocampus?
Entorhinal cortex & Contralateral hippocampus
What are the outputs of the Hippocampus?
- To mammillary bodies via fornix
- Contralateral hippocampus
- Also output to amygdala
Damage to which brain region will result in the reduced level of tension & anger ?
Cingulate cortex
Damage to which brain region will result in impaired ability to identify angry expressions (but not happy expressions) ?
Medial Frontal cortex
What is the Ascending Reticular pathway responsible for?
Responsible for arousal of cortex
Fill in the blanks. “ The descending reticular pathway us responsible for ___________.”
Body balance
Through what does the Ascending reticular system receive collateral input from?
I) Long somatic pathway
II) Trigeminal , Olfactory , Auditory and Visual pathway
III) Visceral pathway