Unit 2

Question 1

Hindbrain

Answer 1

Medulla, pons (reticular formation), cerebellum

Question 2

Midbrain

Answer 2

Tectum, tegmentum

Question 3

Forebrain

Answer 3

Cortex, corpus callosum, basal ganglia, limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 4

Limbic system

Answer 4

Produces, doesn’t regulate, emotions. Hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus, septum, fornix, (hypothalamus)

Question 5

Pons

Answer 5

Dreaming, electrical activity during sleep, has reticular formation (sleep regulation and arousal)

Question 6

Tectum

Answer 6

“Roof,” pineal gland (melatonin), sensory info (visual reflexes, processes audition)

Question 7

Tegmentum

Answer 7

“floor”, substantia nigra, endorphins, motor information, parkinson’s

Question 8

SCN

Answer 8

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, housed in hypothalamus, body clock

Question 9

Basal ganglia

Answer 9

Dopamine, caudate nucleus, voluntary movements, OCD, love, addiction, reinforcement, pleasure

Question 10

Hippocampus

Answer 10

Declarative memories, anterograde amnesia for Alzheimers, emotion, learning and memory, selective attention. Files declarative memories from short to long term

Question 11

Amygdala

Answer 11

Fear, sex, territoriality, Kluver Bucy syndrome, odor processing

Question 12

Frontal lobe

Answer 12

Think! Logic, reasoning, movement, planning, speech production (Broca’s area)

Question 13

Parietal lobe

Answer 13

Feel/Touch! Somatosensory cortex, spatial awareness, hemispatial neglect if damaged

Question 14

Temporal lobe

Answer 14

Audition processing (Wernicke’s area), amygdala, hippocampus, sex, personality, facial recognition (fuseform face area, damage=prosopagnosia)

Question 15

Acetylcholine

Answer 15

Movement, memory, Alzheimers. Curare antagonist. Donepezil/aricept agonist (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors)

Question 16

Epinephrine

Answer 16

ANS. Fight or flight. Guanfacine agonist for ADHD (estulic, tenex, intuniv)

Question 17

Dopamine

Answer 17

Movement, reinforcement, addiction, pleasure. Parkinsons, Schizophrenia. Agonists include cocaine, cyclocet, mirapex

Question 18

Norepinephrine

Answer 18

Arousal/vigilance in ANS. Adderal, ritalin, vyvase amphetamines agonists for ADHD

Question 19

Serotonin

Answer 19

Mood, prozac and zoloft SSRIs. Effexor and cymbalta SNRIs.

Question 20

GABA

Answer 20

Inhibitory. Agonists include benzodiazepines (valium and xanax)

Question 21

Glutamate

Answer 21

Excitatory, learning and memory (Alzheimers). Ampakines=agonists, namenda=antagonist, both can be used for alzheimers

Question 22

Opiate

Answer 22

Natural opioid