Neuroanatomy, Function, Psychopathology Flashcards

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Cortex

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Higher cognitive processing // Dementia, confusion

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Prefrontal cortex

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Impulse control, attention, behavioral monitoring, organization of complex information processing // ADD, schizophrenia, OCD, depression

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Diencephalon thalamus

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Many nerves pass through this brain structure // no indication

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Hypothalamus

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Sleep cycle, hunger, sex drive, controls endocrine and autonomous nervous system; influences immune system // Depression, anxiety disorder, sleep disorder

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Limbic system: amygdala

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Aggression, primitive threat appraisal // Impulse control disorders, depression, borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders

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Limbic system: septum

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Emotion and stimulus “gate”, pleasure centers // Schizophrenia, impulse control disorders, addictive disorders

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Limbic system: cingulate

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Neuronal pathways connecting limbic system and prefrontal lobes, affects regulation // OCD, anxiety disorders

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Limbic system: hippocampus

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Recent memory, new learning, emotional and impulse control // Alzheimer’s syndrome, postconcussion syndrome, depression

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Basal ganglia

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Controls aspects of motor and habit behavior // OCD, Parkinson’s, antipsychotic medication side effects (extrapyramidal symptoms, EPS)

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Brain stem: reticular system

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Neuronal pathways connecting limbic system and prefrontal lobes, stimulus filter “gate” // ADD, schizophrenia

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