The Brain

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Post-Graduate Neuropsychology Mind Map on The Brain, created by ptsdacademy on 22/03/2014.
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The Brain
  1. Forebrain
    1. Hypothalamus
      1. FXS: maintains the body's homeostasis, motivation, (eating, drinking and sexual bx), physical expression of strong emotions (rage, fear & excitement)
        1. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
          1. Circadian & Seasonal Cycles
          2. Mammilary Bodies
            1. Memory
            2. D/O: Sleep D/O, Immune Response & Reproduction
              1. "Homeostasis"
              2. Thalamus
                1. FXs: Relays incoming sensory info (except olfactory = amygdala) to cortex
                  1. Also involved in language, memory & motor activity
                    1. D/O: Dementia, Aphasia, Korsakoff's (w/ thiamine deficiency)
                      1. "Central Relay Station"
                      2. Basal Ganglia
                        1. Caudate Nucleus, globus pallidus & putamen
                          1. FXS: Organizes and Coordinates Voluntary movement and gross motor
                            1. D/O: Parkinson's, Huntington's, Tourette's, OCD, Schizophrenia & ADHD
                              1. "Initiate Movement"
                              2. Limbic Sysytem
                                1. Amygdala
                                  1. FXS: Attaches Emotion to Memory
                                    1. Fear response, emotional processing, learning, fight-or-flight, reward processing
                                      1. D/O: PTSD, Anxiety, inability to recognize facial and vocal expressions of emotion, Kluver-Bucy (w/ temporal lobe)
                                        1. "Emotional Brain"
                                        2. Hippocampus
                                          1. FXS: Transfers info from STM to LTM, processing spatial, visual and verbal memories, consolidating declarative memory
                                            1. D/O: Alzheimer's, Autism, Dementia, PTSD, Anterograde Amnesia & Normal Aging
                                              1. "Memory Consolidation"
                                              2. "Emotions & Memory"
                                              3. Subcortical Structures
                                              4. Midbrain
                                                1. Substantia Nigra
                                                  1. Helps control movement & plays role in reward seeking & addictive bxs
                                                    1. D/O: Parkinson's & Addictions
                                                  2. Reticular Formation
                                                    1. Reticular Activating System (RAS)
                                                      1. FXS: Awareness, Arousal & Attention - screens incoming sensory info, especially during sleep, and arouses when important info needs to be paid attention to
                                                        1. D/Os: Inattention, Hypersomnia & Coma
                                                      2. FXS: Sleep & Wakefulness
                                                    2. Hindbrain
                                                      1. Medulla Oblongata
                                                        1. FXS: Regulates Breathing, HR, BP and Digestion
                                                          1. D/O: Damage is most often fatal
                                                          2. "Basics"
                                                          3. Pons
                                                            1. FXS: Connects 2 halves of cerebellum, L & R movements of the body
                                                              1. Regulating states of arousal: breathing, taste & autonomic fxs (arousal, sleep & respiration)
                                                              2. Raphe Nuclei
                                                              3. Cerbellum
                                                                1. FXS: Balance, coordinate movements, control posture,
                                                                  1. D/O: Ataxia - slurred speech, severe tremors & loss of balance, ETOH has strong effect on cerebellum
                                                                    1. "Balance & Posture"
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