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basal ganglia

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several nuclei located deep within cerebral white matter

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fucntions of basal ganglia

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  • motor control, cognition, emotions, learning
    -inhibiting muscle tone, balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to neurons that innervate skeletal muscles
    -selecting, maintaining purposeful motor activity while supressing unwanted patterns of movement
    -coordinates slow, sustained contractions esp those related to posture and support
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what is parkinsons caused by

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degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra in midbrain which synapse onto neurons in basal ganglia- important for smooth movement

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features of parkinsons

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-inc muscle tone and rigidity
- involuntary useless movements at rest. tremors
-difficulty in initiating and carrying out movement

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what causes huntingtons disease

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degeneration of cuadate nucleus

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symptoms of huntingtons

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some motor circuits become overactive
-chorea- rapid uncontrolled jerky movements
- memory movements

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where is the thalamus

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deep in the brain near basal ganglia

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function of thalamus

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relay station and synaptic integrating centre for sensory input

helps direct attention to stimuli of interest

capable of crude awareness of sensations but cant distinguish location or intensity

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function of hypothalamus

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integrating centre for homeostatic functions
regulates internal enviroment
body temp and food intake
thirst and urine output
anterior pituitary hormone secretion
posterior pituitary hormone

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five functions of brain stem

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  1. majority of cranial nerves
  2. contains centres that control cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive functions
  3. regulates postural muscle reflexes
  4. RAS- overall degree of cortical alertness
  5. sleep/ wake cycle
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cerebellum function

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integration of motor output and sensory perception
balance and planning of movement

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what are the three functionally distinct parts of the cerebellum

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  1. verstbilocerebellum: balance and eye movement
  2. spinocerebellum: enhances muscle tone and coordinates skilled movements
  3. cerebrocerebellum: plans and initiates voluntary activity and stores procedural memories
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RAS

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Reticular activating system- behavioural state system- diffuse modulatory system

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where do neurons originate

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in the RAS and project to various areas in brain

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what does RAS influence

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attention, motivation, wakefulness, memory, motor control, mood and metabolic homeostatis, overall degree of cortical awareness

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what effect do general anaesthetics do to reticular formation

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depress transmission in RAS

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what does blocking the ascending pathways between the reticular formation and the cerebral cortex create

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state of unconsciousness

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limbic sysem

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surrounds brain not seperate structure. interconnected ring of forebrain structures

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what does the limbic system include

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poritons of the cerebral lobes, basal nuclei, thalamus, and hypothalamus

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what neurotransmitters does the limbic system use

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serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine

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defects in the limbic system cause

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depression

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what parts of our behaviour is related to limbic system

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emotions, basic survival, sociosexual behaviour, motivation and learning

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limbic system functions

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  1. emotion: subjective feelings and moods and physical responses associated with these feelings (amugdala)
  2. basic behavioural patterns: aimed at survival and perpetuation of species
  3. motivation
  4. learning
  5. memory
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cortical structures of limbic system

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medial prefrontal cortex: decision making, control of emotion and impulses
cingulate cortex: motivation, drive, mood, decreased avitivity correlates with depression
medial temporal lobes: episodic memory formation of recent event sequences

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subcortical structures of the limbic system
hippocampus: within medial temporal lobe: episodic memory formation, context, and location hypothalamus: homeostasis and basic drives: food, water, sex, aggresion amygdala: fear and affective learning. activation causes anxiety, ablation eliminates fear recognition and learning
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learning
acquisition of knowledge or skills as a consequence of experience, instruction or both. rewards and punishments are integral parts
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memory
storage of acquired knowledge for later recall
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short term memory
seconds to hours
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long term memory
days to years
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working memory
temporarily holds and interrelates various peices of info relevant to a current mental task
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memory trace
neural change reponsible for retention or storage of knowledge. present in multipole regions of the brain (sites of original auditory, visual, experince)
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declarative memory
what memories of people, places and important in remembering facts and events. involves hippocampus
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procedural memory
how to memories. the learning of new motor skills involves the cerebellum
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function of the medial temporal lobe (hippocampus and adjacent areas of temporal lobe)
consolidation of short term declarative memory into long term memory mostly during sleep. requires gene activation leading to protein synthesis and synaptic changes
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what is the difference between short and long term memory
different molecular mechanisms involved
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short term memory
involves transient changes in synaptic activity habituation: decreased respnosiveness to a repetitive and indifferent stimulus sensitization: increased respnsiveness to mild stimuli following a nocious stimuli
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short term memory
involves transient changes in synaptic activity habituation: decreased respnosiveness to a repetitive and indifferent stimulus sensitization: increased respnsiveness to mild stimuli following a nocious stimuli both involve changes in ion channels and currents
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long term memory
involves formation of new permanent synaptic connections activation of specific genes that control synthesis of proteins needed for lasting structural or functional changes in pre or postsynaptic membranes long term potentiation LTP is important for initial storage into long term memory
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working memory
concept that working memory memory temporarily holds and interrelates various pieces of info that are relevant to a current mental task 7+/-2 objects hold and process data for immediate use and can include newly acquired and prev stored info that is transiently accessed
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why is working memory critical
to reason, plan, and make judgements
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where does working memory take place
in the prefrontal cortex
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what is azheimers characterized by
short term memory loss in early stages followed by eventual loss of long term memory, confusion, disorientation, personality changes, ability to read and write and calculate, language and speech ability
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what brain alterations in alzheimers
neurofibrillar tangles, amyloid plaques. characteristic loss of cholinergic neuros in basal forebrain- cells that project to hippocampus
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what neurotransmitter do cholinergic neurons use
acetylcholine
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what hemisphere is language locallized in
left 95 for right handed 60-70 for left handed
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brocas area
speaking ability damage leads to inability to send proper commands to motor cortex to form the words
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wernickes area
language comprehension damage leads to inability to attach meaning to words or choose the approperiate words
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aphasia
defect in language processing caused by disfunction of the dominant cerebral hemesphere (stroke, brocas, wernickes aphasia)
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speech impediments
defects in mechancal aspects of speech
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dyslexia
difficulty in learning to read bc of inappropriate interpretation of words due to developmental abnormatlities in connections bw visual and language areas of cortex (independant of intelegance)
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coordination of neurons in wake state
not always coordinated as a result of ascending signals coming from reticular activating system
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what is EEG used for
clinical tool used for diagnosis of cerebral dysfunction
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EEG of epilepsy
shows distinctively abnormal traces
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how to seizures occur
when collections of neurons undergo synchronous action potentials that produce stereotypical involuntary spasms and alterations in behaviour neuronal excitability coupled with compromised inhibitory activity or prolonged activation of excitatory transmitters
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legal determination of death
flat EEG- electrocerebral silence. needs to be coupled with other stringent criteria
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alpha rythym range
8-13 Hz
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alpha waves
index of cortical inactivity present in adult who is awake but relaxed with eyes closed amplitude is neg correlated to cortical activity
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beta rhythym range
13-30 hz
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beta waves
decreased synchronization with cortical activity in individuals who are alert and attentive to external stimuli or exert specific mental effort
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states of consciousness
maximum alertness wakefulness sleep (stages 1-4 and paradoxical) coma
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maximum altertness dependancy
on sensory input that stimulates the RAS and subsequenctly the activity levels of the CNS as a whole
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normal cyclic variation in awareness
sleep- wake cycle
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is sleep an active process
yes the brains overall activity is not reduced
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two types of sleep characterized by EEG patterns
slow wave sleep- delta wave non rapid eye movement NREM paradoxial sleep- rapid eye movement
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functions of sleep
conservation of energy for defrence of predation restorative function for brain and body for healing and growth and immune function cerebral changes that underlie consolidation of long term memory in cortex
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what happens during stage 1 of sleep
drowsiness and drifting in and out of consciousness
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stages 2-4 of sleep
sleepers move through these stages then move back through the stages and enter REM without going back to stage 1 time in stages 3 and 4 decreases over the cycles and time in REM increases
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how many min is a cycle of sleep
90 min
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stages of sleep
occurs in 4 stages each with a lower frequency but higher amplitude EEG wave
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light sleep
stage 1
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deep sleep
stage 4
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