Limbic System
This neurotransmitter is often associated with pleasure and reward and plays a significant role in the limbic system's functions.
What is dopamine?
These are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex.
What are frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes?
These are the 3 parts of the brainstem.
What are the pons, medulla oblongata, and the midbrain?
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and maintaining balance and posture.
What is the cerebellum?
This progressive disorder is characterized by memory loss and cognitive decline, often associated with the buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
This structure in the limbic system is primarily responsible for processing emotions and is often referred to as the "fear center"
What is the amygdala?
This lobe is primarily responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
This part of the brainstem connects the brain to the spinal cord and regulates vital functions like breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla oblongata?
A group of brain structures that control voluntary movements, habitual behaviors, and emotions. Two structures that are part of it are the nucleus accumbens and the putamen.
What is the basal ganglia?
This autoimmune disorder affects the myelin sheaths of neurons in the central nervous system, leading to symptoms such as fatigue and coordination problems.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This part of the limbic system is critical for forming new memories and is often associated with the term "memory consolidation".
What is the hippocampus?
This area of the frontal lobe is crucial for planning, reasoning, and complex thought processes.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This relay station structure is located above the medulla and is involved in facial sensation, motor control, and regulating breathing.
What are the pons?
In this disease, substantia nigra neurons are lost leading to problems with initiating and maintaining intentional movements.
What is Parkinson's disease?
This structure is responsible for connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain, facilitating interhemispheric communication.
What is the corpus callosum?
This structure connects the limbic system to the endocrine system, regulating hormones related to stress and emotional responses.
What is the hypothalamus?
This part of the parietal lobe integrates sensory information from the body, including touch, temperature, and pain.
What is the somatosensory cortex?
This structure located at the top of the brainstem is important for the coordination of eye movements and reflexes related to vision and hearing.
What is the midbrain?
This condition, often associated with damage to the cerebellum, is characterized by uncoordinated movements and difficulty with balance.
What is ataxia?
This type of brain imaging technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to visualize the structure and function of the brain, particularly useful for diagnosing tumors and strokes.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
This part of the brain, located in the medial frontal lobe, is involved in emotional regulation, decision-making, and the processing of pain and empathy.
What is the cingulate cortex?
This region of the temporal lobe is critical for processing auditory information and is also involved in language comprehension.
What is the Wernicke's area?
This specific nucleus within the pons is critical for the regulation of sleep, particularly in the initiation of REM sleep.
What is the locus coeruleus?
Dysfunction of the basal ganglia is associated with this movement disorder characterized by involuntary, irregular movements and is often referred to as "chorea."
What is Huntington’s disease?
This specific type of glial cell is responsible for the formation of myelin sheaths in the peripheral nervous system.
What is a Schwann cell?