Cerebellum
Keywords cerebellar peduncle, ataxia, cerebellar tonsil, flocculonodular lobe, mossy fiber, climbing fiber, inferior olivary nucleus, Purkinje cells Chapter Outline The Cerebellum Can Be Divided Into Transverse and Longitudinal Zones,…
Control of Eye Movements
Keywords nystagmus, near reflex, conjugate movements, vergence movements, diplopia, vestibulo-ocular reflex Chapter Outline Six Extraocular Muscles Move the Eye in the Orbit, 138 The Medial and Lateral Recti Adduct…
Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic System
Keywords autonomic regulation, akinetic mutism, amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, pituitary Chapter Outline The Hypothalamus Coordinates Drive-Related Behaviors, 150 The Hypothalamus Can Be Subdivided in Both Longitudinal and Medial-Lateral Directions,…
Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections
Keywords critical periods, long-term potentiation (LTP), long-term depression (LTD), hippocampus, anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, Papez circuit, Wallerian degeneration, chromatolysis Chapter Outline Both Neurons and Connections Are Produced in Excess…
Cerebral Cortex
Keywords neocortex, granular and agranular areas, primary, unimodal, and multimodal areas, agnosia, apraxia, aphasia, neglect and disconnection syndromes, ascending reticular activating system, Wernicke area, Broca area Chapter Outline Most…
The Visual System
Keywords accommodation, blood retinal barrier, pupillary light reflex, phototransduction, visual fields, Horner syndrome, ptosis, strabismus Chapter Outline The Eye Has Three Concentric Tissue Layers and a Lens, 108 Intraocular…
Basal Ganglia
Keywords striatum, substantia nigra, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, ventral tegmental area Chapter Outline The Basal Ganglia Include Five Major Nuclei, 124 Basal Ganglia Circuitry Involves Multiple Parallel Loops That…
Overview of Motor Systems
Keywords size principle, spasticity, Babinski sign, fasciculate, atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Chapter Outline Each Lower Motor Neuron Innervates a Group of Muscle Fibers, Forming a Motor Unit, 118 Lower…
Comprehensive Quiz
The material in this study guide, as well as the study questions that go with the material, has thus far been parceled out into (I hope) easy-to-digest chunks. This parceling…
