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23 Cards in this Set
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lateral geniculate nucleus
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visual
retinal to occipital lobe |
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medial genicular nucleus
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auditory
inf colliculus to primary auditory cortex |
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VPL
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body sensation- proprioception, pressure, pain, touch, vibration via dorsal columns, ST tract)
from medial lemniscus STT |
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VPM
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facial sensation
trigeminothalamic and taste pathways |
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VA/VL
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motor
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VA
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from BG to premotor cortex
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VL
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from dentate nucleus of CBL and BG to motor cortex
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anterior nucleus
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from mamillothalamic tract to cingulate gyrus
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medial dorsal nucleus
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relay for prefrontal cortex
destruction = memory loss |
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master clock for circadian rhythms
receives input from retina |
suprachiasmatic nucleus
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regulates PNS; destruction results in hyperthermia; responsible for sweating and cutaneous vasodilation in hot temperatures
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ant/preoptic nuclei
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regulates the SNS; responsible for shivering and decreased cutaneous blood flow in cold; destruction results in inability to stay warm
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post/lat nuclei
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produces ADH to regulate water balance
destruction results in diabetes insipidus |
supraoptic
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savage behavior and obesity result from stimulation
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dorsomedial
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savage behavior and obesity result from destruction
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ventromedial
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stimulation--> eating
destruction-->starvation |
lateral nucleus
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regulates the release of gonadotropic hormones
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preoptic
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releases hormones affecting anterior pituitary
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arcuate
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hunger
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lateral
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satiety
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VM
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sexual urges and emotions
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septal
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posterior pituitary
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receives hypothalamic axonal projections from supraoptic (ADH) and paraventricular (oxytocin) nuclei
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integration of visual, auditory and somesthetic input
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pulvinar
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