Tracts
This is the largest commissure in the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
These brainstem nuclei produce serotonin
What are the raphe nuclei?
This is another name for the postcentral gyrus.
What is the somatosensory cortex?
Lampreys have a __-layered cortex.
What is 3?
In one portion of this pathway, CA3 projects to CA1 via Schaffer collaterals.
What is the trisynaptic pathway?
This structure located in the limbic system is known for its involvement in memory consolidation.
What is the hippocampus?
This tool allows us to reconstruct white matter pathways in vivo in humans.
What is diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)?
These structures form the tectum in the midbrain.
What are colliculi?
This is the only sensory system that skips the thalamus before going to the primary sensory cortex.
What is the olfactory system?
The axial twist hypothesis tries to explain this difference between vertebrate and invertebrate brains.
What is contralaterality?
These nuclei near the pineal gland are involved with the inhibition of movement and goal-oriented behaviors.
What is the habenula?
This brain structure secretes melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?
This category of white matter fibers connect cortical areas within the same hemisphere.
What are association fibers?
This catecholamine neuromodulator produced in the brainstem is involved with sensory processing, memory, attention, and arousal.
What is norepinephrine?
The ____ visual processing stream is responsible for processing objects and faces.
What is the ventral stream?
This animal is our most distant vertebrate relative and is probably most like our common ancestor.
What is the lamprey?
This pathway, connecting the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies, is involved in memory formation.
What is the fornix?
This brain structure, part of the basal ganglia, is crucial for coordinating voluntary movements and regulating motor control.
What is the putamen?
This tract connects the frontal lobe to the temporal lobe and is involved in language processing.
What is the arcuate fasciculus?
This brainstem structure is involved in the production of dopamine, which plays a key role in reward processing and movement
What is the substantia nigra?
This visual processing stream proceeds dorsally from the occipital cortex
What is the "where" pathway?
Each hemisphere of these mammals’ brains sleeps for about 4 hours a day.
What are cetaceans?
This nucleus in the amygdala is thought to be involved in conditioned emotional responses.
What is the lateral nucleus?
This term, coined by philosopher David Chalmers, refers to the question of how and why subjective experiences arise from physical brain processes.
What is the 'hard problem' (of consciousness)?
This long association fiber tract connects the frontal lobe to the occipital lobe and plays a key role in visual processing.
What is the superior longitudinal fasciculus?
This brainstem nucleus produces the neuromodulator responsible for the fight or flight response
what is the locus coeruleus?
This structure in the pons is the second step in the ascending auditory relay.
What is the superior olive?
This region of the brain is expanded over 1000-fold in humans compared to mice.
What is cortex?
Damage to the mammillary bodies through alcoholism is commonly associated with what disorder?
What is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
These inhibitory interneurons, named for their unique morphology with a single, long axon that branches extensively, play a role in regulating cortical circuits and controlling excitability. 💐
What are single bouquet-like cells?