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Autism

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Development disorder characterized by difficulty in social communication skills and restricted behaviors

*Increased # of minicolumns found

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Vellate astrocytes

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Fnxn to maintain the spatial separation b/w mini- and macro- columns

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Apraxia

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Inability to carry out a learned, skilled movement despite intact sensory, motor, and language fnxns

*Commonly seen in Alzheimer’s

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Frontal Release Signs

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Infant reflexes normally inhibited by Prefrontal Cortex in adults

1 Grasp Reflex

  1. Glabellar Reflex
  2. Suck Reflex
  3. Snout Reflex
  4. Rooting Reflex
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Medullary Center

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Deep white matter of cerebral hemispheres

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Superior/Longitudinal fasciculi

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Associational pathways that include the arcuate fasciculus (superior)

*Connects language areas to each other; lesions cause conduction aphasia

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Cingulum

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Part of cingulate gyrus involved w/ limbic system; serves as a connection to the hippocampus

*Most important pathway allowing emotions to mix w/ memories

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Corpus Callosum

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Major commissural pathway of brain

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Corona Radiata

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Major two-way projection pathway

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Genu of Internal Capsule contains…

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Corticobulbar axons

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Sub & Retro-lenticular portion of IC

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Contains auditory and visual radiations

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Basal ganglia

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Subcortical nuclei derived from the prosencephalon

*Divided into dorsal striatal structures (movement)
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Ventral Striatal Structures ( Limbic fnxns)

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Corpus Striatum

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Caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus

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Neostriatum

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Caudate and Putamen

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Lentiform nucleus

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Putamen and Globus Pallidus

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Location of amygdala

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Immediately beneath cortex of temporal pole; important in learned fear

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Rooting Reflex

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Baby will turn head and open mouth when looking for food; may require slight stroke of the cheek