PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Adrenal Gland, Temporal Lobe, Frontal Lobe
10 Mar 2019
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Amygdala: responsible for our experience and our expression of our emotions, here especially negative emotions, tucked into the temporal lobe. Frontal cortex: prefrontal is an area implemented in mental disorder. Seat of executive functions - functions that allow us to plan, control our behaviours, etc: frontal lobes act to control our experience of emotions; is damped down in particular - when its too intense. Temporal cortex: outer layer of temporal lobe, doesn"t contain amygdala - not clear what the possible role of the brain would be in terms of intense emotion. Hpa axis and anxiety: called hpa because of the 3 structures involved, hypothalamus: small structure (base of the brain) Hpa and anxiety: hpa function altered in anxiety (and depression, tends to be higher, more intense, more reactive to stress, antidepressant suppress hpa activity, damping down our normal reactions to stress. Young stressed macaques show anxiety-, depression-like symptoms as adults, plus changes in hpa.
