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21 Cards in this Set
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Urbach-Wiethe disease – bilateral calcification and atrophy of anterior temporal lobes. Patient S.M. lesions restricted to amygdala.
patient can't recognize |
fearful faces
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part of Amygdala that integrates unimodal (primary sensory) and highly processed multimodal information from various regions in the brain.
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Basal-lateral nucleus
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Central nucleus (amygdala) outputs to the for emotional expression
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hypothalamus and brainstem reticular formation
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____as a whole judges and produces responses to fearful stimuli
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amygdala
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amygdala shows that ___ receptor-dependence of long term potentiation
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NMDA receptor-dependence of long term potentiation
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Phineas Gage: brain damage restricted to what area of brain
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prefrontal cortex
cognitive control facility in the prefrontal cortex that is responsible for emotional information processing |
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amygdala (basal-lateral nuclei) project to what cortical & subcortical regions associated w/emotional info processing
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orbital & medial prefrontal cortex
ventral basal ganglia |
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mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus receives input from (3) regions associated w/emotional info processing
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orbital & medial prefrontal cortex
ventral basal ganglia amygdala (basal-lateral nuclei) |
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necessary and sufficient to produce rage by influencing nuclei in brainstem
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Hypothalamus
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2 other names for ventral basal ganglia
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ventral striatum
nucleus accumbens |
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Selective ablation of amygdale, but not hippocampus=
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NO FEAR
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depression:
associated with altered blood flow to ____ |
prefrontal cortex (this area is more active in depressed pt)
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Damage to the right cortical regions may cause people to lose the ability to
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inflect emotion in their speech
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aprosodia
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ability to inflect emotion in their speech
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(left/right) hemisphere more involved with (negative/positive) emotions
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Left = more pos
right = more neg |
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lesion in __ hemisphere
a)more likely severe depression? b)unduly cheery |
left = severe depress
right = cheery |
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Sensory information (visual or auditory) is more accurately assessed for emotional content by the ___ hemisphere
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right hemisphere
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which (dorsal/ventral) basal ganglia loop deals with emotion? motor function?
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dorsal = motor
ventral = emotion |
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Similar to the dorsal caudate and putamen, information in the nucleus accumbens (NA) is modulated by what neurotransmitter
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dopamine
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Ventral Tegmental Area to _____ connection that contributes to encoding rewarding stimuli and is high-jacked in addiction
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VTA to Nucleus accumbens connection
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Prolonged use of addictive drugs can alter
(inc/dec) dopamine expression, the (inc/dec) expression of receptors, and (inc/dec) tonic or phasic neurotransmitter release |
inc dopamine expression,
dec expression of receptors, and decrease tonic, increase phasic) neurotransmitter release |
