PSY290H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Basal Ganglia, Thalamus, Putamen
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Involved in the regulation of motivated behaviors. These parts with in collaboration with cingulate cortex. Connecting sensory, cognitive and motor areas of the brain. Basal ganglia located deep within the cerebral hemispheres. Collection of brain matter and whtie matter tracts. White matter tract that connects the putamen to the head of caudate nucleus. Show a decrease in neurons in the basal ganglia. Portion of cns that is largely responsible for basic elements of vision and hearing. Animals like lizards don"t have visual cortex (visual centres) but have a tectum with superiour visual colliculus. House a bunch of neurons and nuclei that are important for: Drugs like morphine are very reactive to this area. Important in coordination of motor info between spinal cord and cerebellum. Process of movement info to the basal ganglia. When they behead the head of chicken, chicken runs around without a neck. He beheaded the chicken at a higher location. Feeding it through the eyedropper via esophagus.
