NEUR532 - limbic system Flashcards
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MUST KNOW
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4
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What are the principal cells of the hippocampus?
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- Pyramidal cells
- Large
- Excitatory
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- olfaction
- behaviour
- ## memories
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Cingulate gyrus
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- ## Memory
7
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Hippocampal formation has how many parts?
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3
- Dentate gyrus - afferent
- subiculum- efferent
- Hippocampus proper - efferent
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Amygdala
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- Emotions
- Beheaviours
- 2 nuclei (corticomedial nuclei (olfaction) group
& basolateral nuclei group)
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Hypothalamus
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- Mammillary bodies
- ANS nuclei
10
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2 key nuclei Thalamus?
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2 key nuclei
Anterior nucelus of thalamus
Papez circuit
- Mediodorsal nucleus
11
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Septal area
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12
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What area is the habenula in?
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Epithalamus
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Hippocampus
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