Limbic System - General/amygdala

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Uncus location

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right behind the hippocampus

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Isthmus location

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bottom of splenium of corpus callosum

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Lingual gyrus

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forms dreams

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Fusiform gyrus

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face recognition, and visual illusions

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Cingulate gyrus

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regulate BP and HR, reward, anticipation, error detection and conflict, affective pain

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Anterior cingulate

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discrtimiative vocalization

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Isthmus f(x)

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connects parahippocampal gyrus with cingulate gyrus

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Isthmus lesion

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memory impairment and spatial disorientation

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Cuneus f(x)

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brodman 17, involved in basic visual processing, modulated by extraretinal effects, i.e. attention, working memory, and reward expectation

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Gamblers

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higher activity in dorsal visual processing

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Orbito-frontal cortex location

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near front of brain and by thalamus

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Orbito-frontal cortex f(x)

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conscious perception of smell

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Orbito-frontal cortex connects to

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thalamus (MD), septal area, and hypothamalus via medial forebrain bundle

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Medial forebrain bundle f(x)

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pleasure center

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Mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus connections

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receive from amygdala, sends to orbito-frontal and prefrontal cortex and hypothalamus

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Mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus f(x)

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affective behavior and memory

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Stria terminalis

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connect Amygdala to Septal area

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Diagonal band of Broca

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Amygdala to Septal area

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Fornix

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Hippocampus to Septal area and reciprocal, via AcH

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Stria medularis and medial forebrain bundle

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Septal area to habenular nuclei

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medial forebrain bundle connects

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septal area to hypothalamus and reciprocal

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Uncinate fits

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seizures that are preceded by hallucinations of disagreeable smells

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Uncal herniation

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due to tumor, hemorrhage, or edema. ipsilateral pupil dilation

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Stria medularis and MFB neurotransmitter

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gaba

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Dopamine f(x)

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pleasure

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James-Lange theory

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emotional expression leads to emotional experience

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Cannon-Bard theory

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emotional experience leads to physiology

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Affective behavior

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aimed at producing a desired outcome

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MFB neuotransmitter

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DA

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Amygdaloid body

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anterior end of temporal horn of lateral ventricle, ventral to striatum just behind the uncus

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Amygdala input

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olfactory, sensory association, hypothalamus, brain stem, and reciprocal pathways

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Amygdala output

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stria terminaolis, hypothalamus, thalamus (ant and MD), diagonal BB, ventral amygdala, MFB (brainstem), spinal cord

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Amygdala major output

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stria terminalis, hooks around thalamus

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Amygdala primary ascending pathway

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stria terminalis

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Amygdala primary descending pathway

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VTA, PAG, raphe nucleus, locus coerelus

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Amygdala orbital pathway

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piriform cortex

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Amygdala, corticomedial group

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connects with olfactory bulb, lateral olfactory area, and sense of smell and pheromones

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Amygdala , central and basolateral groups

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lateral connect with cortico-medial group, main output is stria terminalis, diagonal BB to enthorinal, to direct olfactory input

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basolateral complex output

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stria terminalis, emotional arousal, fear, tachycardia, and increase stress response

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Mammilotegmental Fasiculus autonomic centers

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Dorsal Tegmental N. VTA, Raphe nuclei, SN, and LC

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Habenula nuclei receive

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anterior hypothalamus and habenualr nuclei via stria medularis and globus pallidus

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Globus pallidus to habenula f(x)

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modulate motor expression of autonomic behaviors

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Habenular nuclie efferent

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to interpeduncular nuclues, then to tegmentum and autonomic nuclei

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Amygdala and Sexes

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Less activation in females, larger in males, women retian stronger and more vivid emotional memories, and men respond to sexual stimuli more.

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Amygdala and faces

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also respond to expression

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Amygdala lower activity

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more trustion, oxytocin blocks amygdala

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Autism

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Amygdala shuts down

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Kluver-Bucy syndrome

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lesion with loss of temporal poles/lobes

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Kluver-Bucy characteristics

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Voracious appetite, flattened emotional affect, increased sexual activity, and visual agnosia