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33-Limbic Flashcards

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limbic system involved in (x5)

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  • emotions
  • memory
  • sexual arousal
  • stress
  • odor processing
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limbic system difficult to study because (x2)

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  • structures are interconnected
  • difficult to quantify responses/outcomes
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hippocampus connects via _____ to _____ and _____

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via fornix

to septal nuclei
and mamillary bodies

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mammillary bodies connect via ___ to ___

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via mammillothalamic tract (MTT)

to anterior thalamic nuclei

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amygdala connects via ___ to ___ and ___

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via stria terminalis (ST)

to septal nuclei
and hypothalamus

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ant thalamic nuclei connects via ___ to ___

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via internal capsule (IC)

to cingulate gyrus

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cingulate connects via ___ to ___

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via cingulum

to hippocampus

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hypothalamus connects via ___ to ___

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via dorsal longitudinal fasciculus (DLF)

to brainstem/spinal cord

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septal nuclei connect
(1) via ___ to ___
and
(2) via ___ to ___

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(1) via medial forebrain bundle (MFB)
to hypothalamus

and
(2) via stria medullaris
to habenula

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Source of norepinephrine innervation on limbic system

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locus coeruleus (LC)

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Source of serotonin (5-HT) innervation on limbic system

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raphe nuclei (Ra)

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Source of dopamine (DA) innervation on limbic system

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mesolimbic system

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Source of acetylcholine (ACh) innervation on limbic system (x2)

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septal nuclei, and
nucleus basalis of Meynert

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Norepinephrine and serotonin modulate (x4)

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  • mood
  • cognition
  • sleep/wake cycles
  • arousal
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Mesolimbic dopamine system consists of (x3)

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  • ventra tegmental area (VTA)
  • nucleus accumbens (NAc)
  • associated limbic structures (prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus)
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Pathway involved in addiction

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mesolimbic dopamine pathway

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Mesolimbic cholinergic pathway involved in (x2)

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  • reward/reinforcement
  • associative learning
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VTA

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ventral tegmental area

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Lesions to the VTA and/or NAc lead to

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-> blockade of DA receptors -> decreased addictive behaviour

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drug addiction:
cocaine mechanism

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blocks DA reuptake -> incr. DA

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drug addiction:
amphetamine mechanism

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release of DA and blockage of DA reuptake -> incr. DA

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drug addiction:
heroin/nicotine mechanism

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VTA or NAc

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Natural rewards (sex, food) require

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intact mesolimbic pathway

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amygdala involved in

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emotional memories

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lesions of amygdala impair
consolidation of fear memories
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during emotional memories, amygdala modulates activity of ___
medial temporal lobe
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amygdala response to fear
increased (unilateral) activity
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phenotypes of bilateral amygdala calcification in Urbach-Wiethe disease (x2)
- impairment in neg/pos emotional processing - memory loss specific to information with emotional context
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medial prefrontal cortex connected to limbic regions ___ and ___
- hippocampus and - amygdala
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injury to prefrontal cortex leads to (x2)
- impairment in goal directed behavior - altered moral reasoning and social behavior
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PFC [facilitates or inhibits] emotional responses
inhibits emotional responses
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Amygdala [excites or inhibits] ___ in sexual arousal
excites hypothalamus
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Main symptoms of PTSD (x3)
- re-experiencing phenomena - avoidance - hyperarousal
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Mechanism of PTSD
suppression/loss of inhibition from prefrontal cortex to amygdala
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Region associated with schematic memory
mPFC
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Region associated with episodic memory
hippocampus
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Hippocampus involved in (x2)
- memory consolidation - spatial navigation
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declarative memory
semantics (facts) and episodic (experiences, events)
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non-declarative memory
procedural, associative (operant cond.), and non-associative (habituation)
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Bilateral lesion of hippocampi
- severe anterograde amnesia - partial retrograde amnesia (2-3 years prior to surgery)
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disorders involving limbic system (x5)
- schizophrenia - depression - Korsakoff's syndrome - Alzheimer's disease - chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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Schizophrenia: fragmentation of thought processes associated with
PFC, esp - working memory impairment - executive function deficits
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Schizophrenia: poor emotional responsiveness associated with
amygdala: - apathy - social withdrawal
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Schizophrenia: Neuroanatomic changes (x2)
- enlargement of LV - cortical thinning
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Schizophrenia: hyperdopaminergy hypothesis
Original antipsychotic efficacy correlated with dopamine binding affinity
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Schizophrenia: hypoglutamatergy hypothesis
phencyclidine (PCP) is NMDAR antagonist -> NMDAR hypofunction in schizophrenia
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MDD
major depressive disorder
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MDD characterized by (x3)
- low or depressed mood - fatigue or low energy - anhedonia
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anhedonia
loss of interest or enjoyment in normally rewarding activities
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MDD: low or depressed mood associated with
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
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MDD: anhedonia associated with (x2)
- nucleus accumbens - septal nuclei
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MDD: Lifetime prevalence in US
16 percent
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MDD: More prevalent in [men or women or equal]
women (17-20% vs 13% in men)
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MDD: Neuroanatomic changes
None identified yet for diagonsis, Maybe anterior cingulate gyrus and specifically subgenual cingulate (BA25) involved
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MDD: monoamine hypothesis
posits that MDD is caused by *decreased* monoamine function
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MDD: limitations of monoamine hypothesis
Antidepressants work on much longer timescale
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MDD: treatments (x4)
- antidepressant drugs - cognitive-behavorial therapy - electroconvulsize therapy - DBS
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MDD: antidepressant mechanism (x2)
- inhibit neuronal reuptake of monoamines - inhibit degradition of monoamines
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MAO
monoamine oxidase enzyme
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MDD: examples of monoamine reuptake inhibitors (x4)
- tricyclic drugs (imipramine) - SSRIs (fluoxetine/Prozac) - NRIs - SNRIs
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MDD: sites of action of DBS and changes
- Cingulate cortex (incr. activity) - Amygdala (incr. activity) - Hippocampus (decr. structure) - Prefrontal cortex (decr. structure) - Nucleus accumenbens (structural change) - Hypothalum (structural change) - VTA (structural change)
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AD: symptoms (x7)
- memory loss that disrupts daily life - challenges in planning or solving problems - confusion with time or place - troube with visual and spatial - new problems with word finding and speaking - decreased or poor judgement - changes in mood or personality
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AD: memory loss associated with
hippocampus
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AD: challenges in planning or solving problems associated with
PFC
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AD: confusion with time/place associated with
hippocampus
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AD: problems word finding / speaking associated with
paretial cortex
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AD: decreased/poor judgement associated with
PFC
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AD: change in mood/personality associated with
amygdala, cingulate cortex
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CTE
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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CTE: probable cause
mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or concussions
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CTE: severity correlated with
duration of athletic career
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concussion
complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomedical forces'
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CTE: histological changes (x2)
- deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau protein as neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), starting perivascularly and at depths of cortical sulci - later more widespread tau pathology, particularly in medial temporal lobes, white matter. leads to prominent neuronal loss and gliosis
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