Fear response, emotional processing,
learning, fight-or-flight, reward processing
D/O: PTSD, Anxiety, inability to recognize facial and vocal
expressions of emotion, Kluver-Bucy (w/ temporal lobe)
"Emotional Brain"
Hippocampus
FXS: Transfers info from STM to LTM, processing spatial, visual and
verbal memories, consolidating declarative memory
D/O: Alzheimer's, Autism, Dementia, PTSD,
Anterograde Amnesia & Normal Aging
"Memory Consolidation"
"Emotions & Memory"
Subcortical Structures
Midbrain
Substantia Nigra
Helps control movement & plays role
in reward seeking & addictive bxs
D/O: Parkinson's & Addictions
Reticular Formation
Reticular Activating System (RAS)
FXS: Awareness, Arousal & Attention - screens incoming sensory info,
especially during sleep, and arouses when important info needs to be
paid attention to
D/Os: Inattention, Hypersomnia & Coma
FXS: Sleep & Wakefulness
Hindbrain
Medulla Oblongata
FXS: Regulates Breathing, HR, BP and Digestion
D/O: Damage is most often fatal
"Basics"
Pons
FXS: Connects 2 halves of cerebellum,
L & R movements of the body
Regulating states of arousal: breathing, taste
& autonomic fxs (arousal, sleep & respiration)
Raphe Nuclei
Cerbellum
FXS: Balance, coordinate movements, control posture,
D/O: Ataxia - slurred speech, severe tremors & loss of
balance, ETOH has strong effect on cerebellum