Limbic system Flashcards

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Limbic system

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Brain structures & neural networks involved in processing emotion & long term memory

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Amygdala

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Fight, flight, or freeze
Triggers fear or aggression depending on side activated damage causes loss of fear aggression, passiveness

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Hypothalamus

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Autonomic nervous system
Body temp, thirst.
Hormones alert hypothalamus of bodily states.
In response, hypothalamus directs other glands to release hormones

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Hippocampus

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Brain regions affected by alz.
Stores into into long t memory

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