B5. Structures & Associated Behaviors

Corpus Callosum

Communication between the left and right hemispheres

Limbic System

Attention, emotion, & fight-or-flight

Frontal Lobe

Learning, abstracting, reasoning, inhibiting

Hypothalamus

Regulation of metabolism, temperature, & emotions

Temporal Lobe

Discrimination of sounds, verbal, and speech behavior

Reticular Formation

Arousal reaction, information screening

Medulla

Breathing, blood pressure, and other vital functions

Cerebellum Fine

Motor coordination, posture, & balance

Occipital Lobe

Visual discrimination and some aspects of visual memory

Thalamus

A major relay station for messages from parts of the body, and an important sensation of pain

Parietal Lobe

Somesthetic and motor discriminations and functions

Sensory Strip

Integration of sensory information from various parts of the body

Motor Strip

Regulation of voluntary movement

Monoamine Hypothesis of Depression

A theory that suggests a deficiency in certain monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain is the underlying cause of depression

Serotonin (5-HT), Norepinephrine (NE), & Dopamine (DA)

Three primary neurotransmitters implicated in the Monoamine Hypothesis of Depression