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Separates frontal from parietal lobe
Central sulcus
Location of primary motor cortex (gyrus)
precentral gyrus
Primary motor cortex is what BA?
BA 4
primary somatosensory cortex is in what gyrus
postcentral gyrus
primary somatosensory cortex in what BA?
BA 3,1,2
Primary auditory cortex located where?
Transverse temporal gyrus of Heschel
Primary auditory cortex is what BA?
BA 41
Hearing info from one ear is transmitted to what sides of brain?
Bilaterally
Primary visual cortex located where?
banks of calcarine sulcus
Primary visual cortex is what BA?
BA 17
What BA's are supplementary motor areas?
BA 6, 8
Aphasia caused by leson in posterior superior temporal gyrus of a dominant hemisphere.
Wernicke's Aphasia
Language comprehension is what area (name)? BA?
Wernicke's Area
BA 22
Term for speech dysfunction
dysarthria
term for language dysfunction
aphasia
Caused by lesion in the arcuate fasciculus
Conduction aphasia
Transmits language info from Wernike's to Broca's
Arcuate Fasciculus
Aphasia caused by lesion in the inferior frontal gyrus in dominant hemi.
Broca's Aphasia
Broca's BA?
BA 44, 45
Combination of all 3 aphasias is called?
Global aphasia
Pt with left hemineglect and anosognosia. Where is lesion?
Right parietal cortex (stroke)
Term for patient being unaware of a deficit
Anisognosia
Area of cortex that is "very important" in psych
Prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal cortex is what BA's?
BA's 9, 10, 11
Lesions here cause apathetic and lifeless behavior
Dorsolateral convexity of prefrontal cortex
Lesions here cause impulsive, disinhibited behavior and poor judgement
Orbitofrontal (prefrontal cortex)
Collection of structures, primary in temporal lobe, involved with learning, emotions, and memory.
Limbic System
Limbic system nucleus in the medial temporal lobe
Amygdala
Bilateral lesion of amygdala causes what disease?
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
MCC of bilat. amygdala lesion?
Herpes Simplex encephalitis (targets temporal lobe)
15yo pt brought to office by parents w c/o:
overindulgence in sex
oral exploration.
inc appetite
listless personality
recent herpes simplex
Dx?
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
Limbic structure important in neurobio of memory
Hippocampus
Median temporal lobe structure that resembles a seahorse
Hippocampus
name for limbic system connective circuit
Papez Circuit
Damage to papez circuit causes
loss of memory
Give Papez Circuit
1. Cortex
2. Entohinal Cortex
3. Hippocampus
4. Mamillary bodies
5. Ant. Nucleus of Thalamus
6. Cingulate Gyrus
7. Hippocampus
8. Cortex (remembered)
Part of papez circuit involved in alzheimer's
Entohinal cortex
Damage to neurons in Mammillary bodies due to what disease (name)? (Cause?)
Wernicke's Encephalopathy (thiamine (B1) deficiency in alcoholics = neuron damage)
Pt falls off bar stool. hx of EtOH. Nystagmus, abnl EOM (ophthalmoplegia), confusion, ataxia. Dx?
Wernicke's Encephalopathy
Tx for Wernicke's encephalopathy?
IV Thiamine
Survivors of Wernicke's Encephalopathy will have what sx? What is name of this condition?
Dec memory. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Neurobiology of what NT is important in schizophrenia?
Dopamine
dopamine synthesized from what AA?
Tyrosine
Stimulus for release of Dopamine?
AP opens Ca++ channel, Ca++ influx causes vesicle to move and fuse with membrane
What type of postsynaptic dopamine receptors is blocked by schizophrenia drugs?
D2 receptors
Organized system of dopaminergic neurons starts where?
Ventral Tegmental Area in the Midbrain
VTA axons go where? What pathway?
Limbic system. Mesolimbic pathway
main pathway for neurobio of schizophrenia
Mesolimbic pathway
Dopaminergic pathway to cortex?
mesocortical pathway
Pathway that starts in substantia nigra and goes to basal ganglia to stratum. Important in Parkinson's
Nigrastratum???
Pathway to pituitary through infundibulum. Blocks effect of dopamine on PRL. Starts in Tuber (sp?)
Tuberoinfundibular pathway
Important in addiction psych.
Nucleus Accumbens
Main metabolite of dopamine
Homovanillic acid (HVA)
NT important in alzheimer's dz
ACh
main origin of ACh pathways
Basal Nucleus of Meynert
Alzheimer's drugs?
Mech?
Aricept and Patch(???)
Inc [ACh] in synapse by dec breakdown of ACh
Cause of MG?
autoantibodies targetting nicotinic receptor at neuromuscular junction or CNS
NT important in mood disorders and anxiety
NE
Organ that converts NE to Epi
Adrenal medulla
disease that can't convert NE to epi due to lack of enzyme
Pheochromocytoma
NE action is terminated by what mechanism
reuptake
Drugs that block NE reuptake
TCA's
Cocaine
Enzyme found in outer mitochondrial membrane
MAO
Effect of MAO on NT's?
MAO degrades NT's (NE, Epi, Dopamine)
MAO inhibitors used to tx?
Parkinson's, etc ???
Main origin of NE fibers?
Locus Ceruleus (midbrain)
NT for depression, OCD
Serotonin (5-HT)
Medications for depression, OCD. Block reuptake of 5HT
SSRI's (prozac, zoloft, etc)
Main nuclei for Serotonin
Raphe' Nuclei
Main inhibitory NT
GABA
Main excitatory NT
Glutamate
Tx for anxiety, seizures, sedation of ventilated pt's. Interacts with GABA receptor
Benzodiazapines (Diazepam, Valium)
GABA Sleeping Pill
Zolpidem
GABA drugs for seizures...
Barbituates
Biosynthesis of glutamate occurs in what cells?
Glutamate
Main glutamate receptor type?
NMDA
NMDA blockers used in tx of what diseases?
Alzheimer's, substance abuse
Sedative NMDA Blocker
Ketamine
major psychiatric diagnosis requires...
significant impairment in functioning
Always rule out...
drug abuse
criteria for hospitalization
Any one:
Danger to self
Danger to others
Unable to provide food, clothing, shelter
What are indicators of an unfavorable prognosis?
Long onset of sx
Poor insight
Low premorbid function
Which main disease in psych has main genetic component?

#2?
Bipolar Depression (manic depressive)

#2: Alcoholsim