Neuropathways

Question 1

Dorsal-Lateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPC)

Answer 1

-Executive functioning (planning, judgement, working memory)

Question 2

Orbidofrontal Cortex (OFC)

Answer 2

-Emotional regulation

Damage:
-poor impulse control
-social inappropriateness
-aggressive/antisocial behavior

Question 3

Ventromedical Prefrontal Cortex (VMPC)

Answer 3

-Decision making
-Social Cognition

Damage:
-impaired decision making
-lack of insight
-deficits in social cognition
-reduced empathy
-blunt emotional response

Question 4

Damage to Occipitotemporal Junction

Answer 4

prosopagnosia

Question 5

Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Pathway

Answer 5

*Brain reward system
*Plays a role in addiction

-starting in ventral tegmental area
-ends in ventral striatum (nucleus accumbence)

Question 6

Mesocortical Dopaminergic Pathway

Answer 6

*emotions
*motivation
*executive functioning

-starts in ventral tegmental area
-ends in prefrontal cortex

Question 7

Tuberoinfundibular pathway

Answer 7

*hormone regulation
*inhibition of prolactin release

*starts in hypothalamus
*ends in pituitary gland

Question 8

Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic pathway

Answer 8

*voluntary movement

-begins in the subtantia nigra
-ends in the dorsal striatum