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What are the 4 parts of the thalamus?

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  • Epithalamus
  • Subthalamus
  • Hypothalamus
  • Dorsal thalamus
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Which part of the thalamus is connected to the pineal gland?

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Epithalamus

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What is the function of the pineal gland?

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  • Secretes melatonin
  • Develop sex organs
  • Limbic system
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What are the 3 portions of the epithalamus?

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  • Habenular trigone and nuclei
  • Pineal body
  • Striate medularis
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What structure does the epithalamus form the roof of?

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The 3rd ventricle

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What is the subthalamus?

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  • Border between thalamus and midbrain just rostral to substantia nigra
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What part of the thalamus is referred to generally when people refer to the thalamus?

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  • Dorsal thalamus
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What systems does the epithalamus link?

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  • Link between limbic system in forebrain and other parts of the brain
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What substances is the habenula nucleus involved in releasing?

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  • Neuromodulators
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine
  • Serotonin
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What is the main function of the subthalamus

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Regulating movements produced by skeletal muscles

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What other important structures related to movement is the subthalamus connected to?

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  • Basal ganglia

- Substantia nigra

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Where is the subthalamus located?

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Between dorsal thalamus and hypothalamus

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What makes up a majority of the subthalamus? What other gray matter and tracts are involved?

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Subthalamic nucleus
Also:
- Zona incerta
- Subthalamic fasciculus
- Lenticular fasciculus
- Ansa lenticularis
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What is the major function of the hypothalamus?

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Homeostatic control

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Through what 2 systems does the hypothalamus maintain homeostasis? What other system is it involved in?

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  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Endocrine through pituitary
  • Limbic system
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How long is the dorsal thalamus from anterior to posterior? How long is the thalamus from ventral to dorsal?

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  • 3cm AP

- 1.5 cm VD

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What are the 2 regions of the dorsal thalamus?

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  • Allothalamus

- Isothalamus

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Which part of the thalamus is older phylogenetically?

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Allothalamus

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Which part of the thalamus is newer phylogenetically?

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Isothalamus

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Which portion of the thalamus makes up its bulk?

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Isothalamus

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What are the 3 structures making up the allothalamus?

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  • Afferents from amygdala
  • Centre-median parafascicular complex
  • Intralaminar region
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What are the 4 functions of the dorsal thalamus?

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  • Relay and integration of sensory information
  • Focus attention and maintain conciousness
  • Relay and integrates motor information
  • Perception of low grade pain
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What is the only sensory information that does not synapse directly on the thalamus before the cortex?

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Smell

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What are the 2 relay motor nuclei?

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  • Ventral anterior

- Ventral lateral

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What are the 3 relay sensory nuclei?

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  • Ventral posterior
  • Lateral geniculate
  • Medial geniculate
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What is the limbic relay nucleus?

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Anterior

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What are the main features of relay nuclei?

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  • Reciprocal connections with specific areas of cortex

- Relay information from long ascending tracts or from basal ganglia, cerebellium/ other motor nuclei

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What effect with an ablation of specific cortical areas have?

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  • Degeneration of the relay nucleus to that specific area.
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What are the 4 thalamocortical radiations, and what lobes to they project to?

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Central: Frontal and Parietal (mostly parietal)
Optic: Occipital
Auditory: Temporal
Anterior: Frontal

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What tracts synapse on the ventral posterior lateral nucleus?

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  • Nucleus gracilis
  • Nucleus cuneatus
  • Dorsal horn of spinal cord/ spinothalamic tract
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What tracts synapse on the ventral posterior medial nucleus?

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  • Trigeminal sensory nuclei
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To what structure in the cortex do the ventral posterior nuclei project to?

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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What structures synapse on the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus?

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  • Ipsilateral temporal hemiretina
  • Contralateral nasal hemiretina
    In reticular formation:
  • Raphe nuclei
  • Locus coeruleus
  • Other areas in pons & medulla
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What structure does the lateral geniculate nucleus project to in the cortex?

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Primary visual cortex

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What structure synapses on the medial geniculate body?

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Inferior colliculus

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Where does the medial geniculate synapse in the higher centers?

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Primary auditory cortex

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What structures synapse on the ventral lateral nucleus?

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  • Ipsilateral globus palldius & substantia nigra
  • Contralateral dentate nucleus
  • Spinothalamic tract & vestibular nuclei
  • Precentral motor cortical area
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What is the target structure if the ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus?

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  • Primary motor cortex

- Supplementary motor area

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What part of the ventral lateral nucleus does the globus pallidus synapse on?

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Anterior part

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What part of the ventral lateral nucleus does the cerebellar/ vestibular nuclei and the spinal cord synapse on?

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Posterior part

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What part of the ventral lateral nucleus does the substantia nigra nucleus synapse on?

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Medial part

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What structures synapse on the ventral anterior nucleus?

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  • Ipsilateral globus pallidus
  • Substantia nigra
  • Premotor cortex
  • Frontal eye field
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What structure does the ventral anterior nucleus project to?

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  • Premotor cortex

- Supplementary motor cortex

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What structures synapse on the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus?

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  • Mammillary body of hypothalamus via mammillothalamic tract
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What structures in the cortex does the anterior nuclear group project to?

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  • Anterior limbic area
  • Cingulate gyrus
  • Parahippocampal gyrus
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What system is the anterior nuclear group a part of?

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  • Limbic system
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47
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What does the anterior nuclear group help to control?

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  • Alertness

- Emotion

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What does the anterior nuclear group help acquire?

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Memory

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49
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What information do the association nuclei help to process?

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  • Emotional

- Memory

50
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What do association nuclei help to integrate?

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Different types of sensation

51
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Do the association nuclei receive direct inputs from long ascending tracts?

52
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What is another name for multimodal nuclei?

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Association nuclei

53
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Where do the association nuclei project to in the cortical areas?

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Association cortical areas

54
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What are the 3 nuclei of the association nuclei?

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  • Dorsomedial
  • Pulvinar
  • Lateral posterior
55
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What are the 2 portions of the dorsomedial nuclei?

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  • Parvo cellular

- Magno cellular

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What are the functions of the parvo cellular nucleus?

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  • Affective behavior

- Memory and integration of somatic visceral activities

57
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What symptoms will result from a lesion to the parvo cellular nuclei?

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  • Flat emotional state transient memory loss

- Anterograde amnesia

58
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What is the function of the magno cellular nuclei?

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Relay nuclei for smell

59
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What is the function of the pulvinar nuclei?

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What is the function of the lateral posterior nuclei?

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  • Form complex links between subcortical visual areas with association cortical visual areas
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What structures synapse on the lateral dorsal nucleus?

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  • Happocampal formation
  • Pretectal area
  • Superior colliculus
62
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What structures does the lateral dorsal nucleus synapse on?

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  • Cingulate gyrus

- Visual association cortex

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What structures synapse on the lateral posterior nucleus?

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Superior colliculus

64
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What structures does the lateral posterior nucleus synapse on?

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  • Parietal lobe
  • Temporal lobe
  • Occipital association cortex
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What structures synapse on the pulvinar nucleus?

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  • Pretectal area
  • Superior colliculus
  • Retinas
66
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What areas does the pulvinar nucleus synapse on?

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  • Association area of paretotemporal cortex

- Visual areas in occipital and posterior temporal lobe

67
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What structures synapse on the medial nuclear group?

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  • Hypothalamus
  • Amygdala
  • Other thalamic nuclei
  • Prefrontal cortex
68
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What structures does the medial nuclear group synapse on?

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  • Prefrontal cortex
  • Post parietal cortex
  • Limbic structures
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What is the function of the lateral dorsal nucleus?

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  • Memory

- Interpretation of visual stimuli

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What is the function of the lateral posterior nucleus?

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Interpretation of visual and other stimuli

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What is the function of the pulvinar nucleus?

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  • Visual
  • Perception
  • Cognition
  • Memory
72
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What is the function of the medial nuclear group?

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Integration of:

  • Emotion
  • Thought
  • Judgement
73
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What are the 3 non-specific nuclei?

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  • Reticular
  • Intralaminar
  • Midline (nucleus Reuniens)
74
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How are the cortical projections of the non-specific nuclei connected to the cortex?

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  • Diffuse, widespread indirect
75
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From where do the non-specific nuclei receive input?

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  • Reticular formation

- Other areas of neural axis

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What do non-specific nuclei help to regulate?

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  • Conciousness
  • Arousal
  • Attention
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What is the function of the intralaminar nuclei?

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  • Cortical activation

- Sensorimotor integration

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What structures synapse on the intralaminar nuclei?

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  • Brainstem RF
  • STT
  • Cerebellar nu
  • Pallidum
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What structures do the intralaminar nuclei synapse on?

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  • Frontal lobes

- Parietal lobes

80
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What is the function of the midline nuclei?

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  • Part of limbic system
  • Memory
  • Arousal
81
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What structures synapse on the midline nuclei?

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  • Brainstem RF
  • Hypothalamus
  • STTT
  • Midbrain
82
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What structures do the midline nuclei synapse on?

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  • Hippocampal formation
  • Amygdala
  • Nucleus accumbens
  • Cingulate gyrus
83
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What is the function of the reticular nucleus?

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  • Inhibitory modulation of thalamocortical transmission
84
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What structures synapse on the reticular nucleus?

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  • Collateral of thalamocortical
  • Corticothalamic
  • thalamostriatal
  • Pallidothalamic fibers
85
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What strucutre does the reticular nucleus synapse on?

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The body of the thalamus

86
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What is the major artery of the thalamus?

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Thamogeniculate artery

87
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What artery does the tuberothalamic artery branch off of?

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  • The posterior communicating
88
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What artery does the posterior choroidal artery branch off of?

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  • Posterior cerebellar
89
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What artery does the thalamogeniculate artery branch off of?

90
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What artery does the thalamoperforating artery branch off of?

91
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What artery supplies the posterior thalamus?

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Thalamoperforating artery

92
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What artery supplies anterior area of the thalamus and the geniculate bodies?

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Thalamogeniculate

93
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What artery supplies the medioanterior portion of the lower half of the thalamus?

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Posterior choroidal artery

94
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What artery supplies the anterior area of the thalamus?

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Tuberothalamic artery

95
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What % of thalamic infarcts are of the anterior area?

96
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In what % of people is the tuberothalamic artery missing?

97
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How is personality altered by a tuberothalamic artery?

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  • Withdrawn
  • Disorientation in time and place
  • Euphoria
  • Lack of insight
  • Apathy
98
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What non-personality effects result from a tuberothalamic region?

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Impairments of:

  • Recent memory
  • New learnings
  • Disoriented
99
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What % of infarcts occur in the paramedian area?

100
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What nucleus is typically affected by a lesion to the paramedian area of the dorsal thalamus?

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Dorsomedian nucleus

101
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What impairments result from a lesion to the paramedian area?

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  • Neuropsychological distrubances in arousal and memory
  • Confusion
  • Agitation
  • Aggression
  • Apathy
  • Speech problems (soft speech)
  • Dysprosody (difficulty speaking)
102
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What arteries are severed in an inferolateral dorsal thalamus lesion?

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Thalamogeniculate arteries

103
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What % of thalamic infarcts are in the inferolateral area?

104
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What symptoms may result from an inferolateral area?

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  • Ataxia
  • Contralateral somatosensory sensation impairment
  • Intractable/ affective pain
105
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What % of thalamic infarcts are in the posterior area?

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What symptoms result from a lesion to the posterior dorsal thalamus?

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  • Hypoesthesia (decreased sensitivity to light/ other sensations)
  • Spatial neglect
  • Homonymous horizontal sectoranopsia (loss of vision in a portion of the visual field)
107
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What is thalamic sydrome?

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Blockage in thalamogeniculate artery

108
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What typically precedes thalamic syndrome?

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Numbness in the affected side

109
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What is the numbness of thalamic syndrome replaced by?

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Varying burning and tingling sensations

110
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What can accompany the burning and tingling of thalamic syndrome?

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Hypersensitivity; dysaesthesias or allodynia

111
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What are less common symptoms of thalamic syndrome?

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Severe ongoing pain with little or no stimuli/ motor problems

112
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What fibers make up the anterior limb?

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  • Anterior thalamic radiation

- Frontopontine and other corticofugal fibers

113
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What fibers make up the posterior limb?

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  • Corticopontine and other corticofugal(corticothalamic) fibers
  • Superior thalamic radiation (includes somatosensory radiation)
  • Corticospinal tract
114
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What radiation projects from the medial geniculate nucleus?

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Auditory radiation (inferior thalamic peduncle)

115
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What radiation projects from the lateral geniculate nucleus?

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Optic radiation (posterior thalamic peduncle)

116
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What 3 motor tracts make up the internal capsule?

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  • Corticospinals
  • Corticobulbars
  • Corticopontocerebellar
117
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From what lobe does the internal capsule originate?

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The frontal lobe

118
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What 2 nuclei do the fibers forming the anterior limb of the internal capsule pass between?

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  • Caudate nucleus

- Lentiform nucleus

119
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What structures do the fibers making up the posterior limb of the internal capsule pass between?

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  • Thalamus

- Lentiform nucleus

120
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What limb does the medial geniculate pass through?

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The posterior limb

121
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What is the intersection of the anterior and posterior limb of the internal capsule near the interventicular foramen termed?

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Genu of the internal capsule

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