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Thalamus and Limbic System Flashcards

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Thalamic Relay (TR) Neurons

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  • located in thalamus
  • receive input from sensory system
  • relay sensory information to cortex via Glu in layer 4 of cortex
  • ex. LGN and visual sense
  • awake: ~-55mV, depolarized when neurons fire high frequency action potentials
  • sleep: slow wave stage inhibits TR neurons by releasing GABA, ~85mV, fire in bursts of action on top of Ca++ spike (Ca spike happens with 3Hz frequency)
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T Type Ca Channel

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  • voltage gated
  • found in thalamic relay neuron
  • has activation gate (closed at /80mV) and inactivation gate (open at -80mV)
  • movement of gates is very slow
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Optogenetics

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  • used in mouse models to control seizures

- channelrhodopsin: blue light opens and depolarizes cell

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Dorsomedian (DM) Nucleus of Thalamus

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-to frontal associated cortex

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Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus

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-to cingulate gyrus of cortex

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VA/VL Nucleus of Thalamus

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-to motor cortex

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VPM/VPL Nucleus of Thalmus

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-to somatosensory cortex

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Pulvinar Nucleus of Thalamus

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-to parieto-occipital associated cortex

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LGN of Thalamus

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  • to visual cortex

- incoming optic tract

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MGN of Thalamus

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  • to auditory cortex

- incoming inferior brachium

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General Concepts of Thalamocortical Connections

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  • all connections are reciprocal

- R thalamus deals with L side of body and interacts with R cortex

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Centromedian Nucleus of Thalamus

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-motor

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Reticular Nucleus of Thalamus

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  • a sheet of cells on lateral surface of thalamus

- primarily inhibitory interneurons with connections to all the other nuclei

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Papez Circuit

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  • limbic system circuit
  • memory
  • mammilary body -> anterior n. -> cingulate gyrus -> hippocampus (all connected by fornix?)
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Amygdala

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  • Limbic System Circuit
  • emtion
  • outputs: BNST, septal area, hypothalamus, thalamus
  • involved in: fear, motivation, attention, sexual drive
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Output of Hippocampus

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-CA1 and CA3 through the fornix (basis for long term memory consolidation)

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NMDA Receptors

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  • to open, requires tetanus and Ca

- involved in learning

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Condition Flavored Aversion

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  • applies to odor and taste

- novel stimulus paired with negative stimulus up to half an hour afterward will cause avoidance of novel stimulus

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Procedural Memory

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  • memory of how to accomplish tasks (motor memory)
  • HM was not aware he had procedural memory
  • frontal cortex, basal ganglia
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Feedforward Mechanisms

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-predict appetitive v. aversive events and engage more complex behaviors accordingly

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Insula

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  • links between insula, VMPFC, and amygdala relate these senses to emotion
  • constitues primary olfactory, gustatory, and visceral sensory cortex
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Channelrhodopsin-2

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-Na/K channel

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Halorhodopsin

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-Cl channel

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Amygdala

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-links aversive and appetitive stimuli with physiologic responses, action patterns, perceptions, and predictions

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VMPFC and Ventral Striatum

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-critical for generating and reinforcing predictions about risks and rewards associated with actions

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Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)

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  • reward, punishment, salience in various subregions
  • releases DA in response to errors in predictions
  • signals contribute to synaptic plasticity and associative learning in the amygdala, ventral striatum, and VMPFC
  • VTA activation releases DA onto nucleus accumbens neurons, pleasure perceived and identifies stimulating activity as one to be repeated
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Iowa Gambling Task

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  • people with damaged orbitofrontal cortex had impaired ability to estimate the risk/reward associated with certain behaviors
  • implies suppression of behaviors felt to be excessively risky, esp in context of social situations (ex. “gut feeling”)
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Mesolimbic Pathway

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-subserve the integration of sensory input and motor responses with affective or emotional data

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Mesocortical Pathway

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-involved in communication and social abilities

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Nigrostriatal Pathway

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-part of basal ganglia (aka extrapyramidal tract) plays a central role in planned, coordinated movement

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Tuberoinfuncibular Pathway

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-hypothalamic neurons release DA in pituitary to inhibit prolactin release

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Stria Terminalis

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  • a band of fibers running along the lateral margin of the ventricular surface of the thalamus
  • Serving as a major output pathway of the amygdala, the stria terminalis runs from its centromedial division to the ventral medial nucleus of the hypothalamus.
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Kluver Blucy Syndrome

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  • a syndrome resulting from bilateral lesions of the anterior temporal lobe (including amygdaloid nucleus)
  • may present with hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, visual agnosia, and docility
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Red Nucleus

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  • projects to spine

- comes from contralateral cerebellum

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