neuroscience terminology

The middle of the body

Medial

To the left or right of the middle

Lateral

Your back and anything on you back

Dorsal, and Posterior

Forehead

Rostral

Ass

Caudal

Straight through your front middle

Saggital

Through your side

Coronal PlaneThr

Through your stomach (in half)

Transverse

What are the sections of the brain stem?

Medulla (bottom) - regulation of vital function

Pons (middle) - carries information to cerebellum

Midbrain (top) - areas that produce dopamine

What is the big section around the middle in the sagittal view of the brain?

The Basal Ganglia - movement, habit forming, rewards

Thalamus

relay station is right at the centre - info goes through the cortex then to thalamus

Hypothalamus

Below the thalamus - maintains homeostasis (e.g. hunger, sleep, etc.) connects to the pituitary gland which helps it secrete hormones

Pituitary gland

Under the hypothalamus and releases hormones to convey hypothalamus

Hippocampus

is in the temporal lobe - memory - short to long

Amgdala

in front of hippocampus fear and processing envrionemtn but also pleasure

List the characteristics of Glutamate and GABA

Glutamate is excitatory and communicated

GABA is inhibitory and stops

they are both amino acids

Where does norepinephrine come from?

locus coeruleus

where is dopamine from

substantia nigra

ventral tegmental area

Where is Serotonin from

Raphe Nuclei

Where is Acetylcholine from

basal forebrain nuclei