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Limbic Sys. Exam 3
Neuroanatomy - Limbic System, Exam 3
Question | Answer |
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primary loop connecting cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus & thalamus | papex circuit |
hippocampus | memories are established |
hippocampus projects to | mammillary bodies via fornix |
amygdala controls | fear & sexual inhibition |
amygdala processes | physiological response to emotion |
amygdala connected to | hypothalamus via the stria terminalis & ventral amygdalofugal pathway |
septal nuclei | "pleasure centers" producing sense of well being |
Korsakoff's syndrome | memory impairment due to neuronal loss |
neuron loss located in | dorsal medial thalamus & mammillary bodies |
Korsakoff's syndrome due to | thiamine deficiency & alcoholism |
Kluver-Bucy syndrome | memory impairment, loss of fear & sexual inhibition |
Kluver-Bucy syndrome due to | damage to temporal lobe (amygdala & hippocampus) |