GE CLST 73A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Basal Ganglia, Forebrain, Myelencephalon

• School: UCLA
• Department: General Education Clusters
• Course: GE CLST 73A
• Professor: Chandler, S.H.

Document Summary

Thalamus relay (takes info coming in and sorts it perhaps changes it then transfers the info slightly modified by neurons, interneurons and sub neurons) - it integrates the information) Cerebellum - part of the motor system (little brain) Pons - bridge (regulates the chemicals that wake you up in the mornign. The brain"s primary functions: creating a sensory reality, each species has a view of the world that helps it survive, integrating information, current knowledge can be compared with past knowledge, producing an outcome, examples: behavior, movement, thought. Two basic neuroscience concepts: the nervous system extends to and controls all parts of the body, the separate functions of the nervous system are carried out by subsystems organized according to area of responsibility. Organization of the nervous system: central nervous, brain, spinal cord, cauda equina, peripheral nervous system, muscles, organs glands, etc. Somatic nervous system (1) sensory and motor (causes movement of limbs etc)