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Mental health
Brain functions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thalamus | Relay/filtering station. It receives all the input from the outside world (as well as from the cranial nerves & spinal cord); sight & hearing |
| Amygdala | Seeks, scan and makes sure it's safe. Emotions |
| Basal ganglia | Muscle response |
| Hippocampus | Stores short term memory; info for 3 years. Not necessarily all accurate. In times of high anxiety; thalamus will be pushing hippocampus for facts |
| Limbic system | Basal ganglia, hippocampus and amygdala. All 3 are working simultaneously to supply information to the thalamus |
| Parietal lobe | *Executive secretary: receives all the information and organizes it passing it on to the frontal |
| Frontal lobe | *Boss: planning occurs along w the decision-making process. Worrying also occurs in the frontal lobe |
| Pre-frontal lobe | Board of directors: committee; asks the yeah-buts |
| Which areas show degeneration in schizophrenia? | Cingulate gyrus, basal ganglia, hippocampus, thalamus, medial temporal lobe, amygdala |
| 5 categories of brain functions: | Cognition, perception, behavior, emotion, socialization |
| How much more common than MS? | 5x |
| How much more common than DM 1? | 6x |
| How much more common than muscular dystrophy? | 6x |
| How much more common than huntington's disease? | 8x |