Limbic System Flashcards
1
Q
What structures comprise the limbic system?
A
Hippocampus, amydala, spetal area, prefrontal cortex, cingulate cyrus
2
Q
What is the function of the amygdala?
A
Function: Remembers experience and helps to trigger appropriate repsonse with experience again; adis in conditioned responses, fear..
Loc: beneath the uncus of the limbic lobe, anterior hippocampal area, inferior horn of the lateral ventricle
Collection of nuclei divided into the medial, central and basolateral groups.
3
Q
Lesion to amygdala, Kluver-Bucy syndrom:
A
Associated with damage to amygdala and inf. surface of the temporal lobe
- docility, placid, tameness
- dietary changes, hyperphagia
- hyperorality
- hyperseuality
- visual agnosia
