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Thalamus/Hypothalamus Flashcards

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Hypothalamus: master clock of our circadian rhythm

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superchiasmic nucleus

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Hypothalamus: regulates parasympathetic nervous system

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anterior and pre-optic nuclei

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Hypothalamus: destruction results in hyperthermia

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anterior and pre-optic nuclei

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Hypothalamus: regulates the sympathetic nervous system

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posterior and lateral nuclei

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Hypothalamus: produces antidiuretic hormone to regulate water balance

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supraoptic nucleus

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Hypothalamus: receives input from the retina

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suprachiasmic nucleus

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Hypothalamus: savage behavior and obesity result from stimulation

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dorsal medial nucleus

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Hypothalamus: savage behavior and obesity results from destruction

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ventral medial nucleus

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Hypothalamus: stimulation leads to eating, destruction leads to starvation

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lateral nucleus

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Hypothalamus: regulates the release of gonadotropic hormones

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pre-optic nucleus

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Hypothalamus: responsible for sweating and cutaneous vasodilation in hot temperatures

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anterior and pre-optic nuclei

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Hypothalamus: responsible for shivering and decreased cutaneous blood flow in the cold

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Posterior and lateral nuclei

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13
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Destruction results in neurogenic diabetes insipidus

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supraoptic nucleus

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14
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Destruction results in inability to stay warm

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posterior and lateral nuclei

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15
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Hypothalamus: releases hormones affecting the anterior pituitary

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Arcuate nucleus

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Thalamus: relays somatosensory info from body via medial leminiscus and spinothalamic tracts

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VPL

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Thalamus: communications with prefrontal cortex, memory loss results if destroyed

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medial dorsal

18
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Thalamus: cerebellum (dentate nucleus) and basal ganglia to the motor cortex

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ventrolateral

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Thalamus: trigeminothalamic and taste, pathways to somatosensory cortex

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VPM

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Thalamus: retina to occipital lobe

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lateral geniculate body

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Thalamus: basal ganglia to prefrontal, premotor, and orbital cortices

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ventral anterior nucleus

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Thalamus: mammilothalamic tract to cingulate gyrus

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anterior nucleus

23
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Thalamus: integration of visual, auditory, and somesthetic input

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pulvinar

24
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Thalamus: dentate nucleus and basal ganglia to supplementary motor cortex

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ventrolateral

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Thalamus: brachium of inferior colliculus to primary auditory cortex

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medial geniculate body

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