Med neuro exam 2 lect Flashcards
pontine reticulospinal tract
PRST
excites extensors
p plus
medullary reticulospinal tract
MRST
inhibits extensors
M minus
Central tegmental tract
consciousness
medial forebrain bundle
pleasure pathway
cholinergic
nucleus basalis of meynertt
septal nuclei
inactivation of monamines
monoamine oxidase
reuptake
noradrenergic neurons
mood, memory, hormones
lateral tegmental group
locus coeruleus
dopaminergic neurons
nigrostriatal path
mesocorticolimbic path
tuberoinfundibular path
serotonin
made in raphe nuclei
decerebrate posturing
lesion btwn rostral red nucleas and mid pons
upper and lower limbs extedned spasticiity
decorticate postureing
diencephalon
upper limb flexion (red nucleus intact)
lower limb extension
midpontine RF
turns on exctitatory neurons
promotes wakefulness
RF in caudal pons
turns off excitation from mid ponitne
posterior hypo
hypersomnia
anterioro hypo
hyposomnia
sleep cycle
awake
SS1,2,3,4
Rem
REM sleep
rapid eye movement
paradoxical sleep because loud wont wake u but whispered name will
suprachiasmatic nucleus
regulates circadian rythm
acetylcholine
wakefullnesss and rem sleep
basal forbrain
laterodorsal and pedunculo pontine tegmental nuclei
norephinephrine
locus coeruleus
fight or flight
wakefulness
histamine
tuberomammilary nucleus of posterior hypothalamus
wakefulness
serotonin 5-HT
raphe nuclei
wakefulness
dopamine
substantia nigra
wakefulness
orexin hypocretein
OX
lateral hypothalamus
wakefulness
flip flop system for sleep wake transitions
Ventrolateral preoptic area
GABAergic neurons that suppress wakefullnes neuromodulators