PSYC31H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Neuroglia, Olfactory Bulb, Neuropsychology
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Long lasting synaptic modification are called long term potentiation and long term depression. Important in regulating higher level brain activity: 2 kinds of memory impairments tend to accompany thalamic lesions, learning is compromised (anterograde amnesia, recall of past info is defective (retrograde amnesia) and for that reason some cases of. Korsakoff"s sy(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e are related to damage of thalamus. Striatum) the striations together with the two structures: part of the system which translates cognition into action, basal ganglia have many connections to motor cortex. Clara rebello: alterations of basal ganglia circuit involved with non-motor areas of the cortex have been implicated with a wide variety of psychological disorders, s(cid:272)hizophre(cid:374)ia, ocd, tourette"s sy(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e, autis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d adhd. Includes: amygdala, cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, olfactory bulb, septum, fornix: connecting pathway which links the hippocampus with the mammillary bodies and the mammillary bodies with the thalamus and back to the cerebral cortex. Involved in spatial analysis and spatial orientation: the (cid:862)where(cid:863) pathway.
