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Limbic &Hypothalamus
Neuroanatomy - Limbic System & Hypothalamus
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cingulate gyrus | connections to other cortical areas |
| Parahipppocampal gyrus | intermediate btwn. cingulate gyrus & hippocampus |
| amygdala | fear, sexual inhibition, learned autonomic responses |
| Hippocampus | new, short term memory |
| septal region | sense of well being |
| hypothalamus | somatic responses |
| Korsafoff's Syndrome afftected structrues | dorsomedial thalamus & mamillary bodies |
| Korsakoff's Syndrome due to | alcoholism & thiamine deficiency |
| Korsakoff's Syndrome symptoms | loss of memory & confabulation |
| Kluver-Bucy Syndrome affected structures | amygdala & hippocampus (deep temporal lobe) |
| Kluver-Bucy Syndrome symptoms | loss of memory, fear, sexual inhibition |
| Arcuate Nucleus | regulation of anterior pituitary |
| Anterior Nucleus | parasympathetics, heat dissipation |
| Posterior Nucleus | sympathetics, heat production |
| Supraoptic & paraventricular | water balance (posterior pituitary) |
| lateral nucleus | hunger & thirst |
| ventromedial nucleus | satiety |
| suprachiasmatic nucleus | circadian rhythms |
| papez circuit | cingulate gyrus, cingulum, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, fornix, mamillary bodies,mamillothalamic tract, thalamus, thalamocingulate radiation |