BIOL 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Epithalamus, Pineal Gland, Thalamus
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Fibers classified as: commissural fibers, association fibers, projection fibers. Masses of gray matter are deep to the cerebral cortex. Involved in motor control: start, stop, and regulate intensity of voluntary movements ordered by cerebral cortex. Basal forebrain nuclei: associated with memory, learning, arousal, motor control, associated with synthesis and released of ach. Area of complex functions: memory, abstraction, creativity, and judgement. Neurons arranged in layer; 47 structural areas back on thickness of layers. Personality change to an irreverent, profane person. Neuroscientists believe planning, moral judgement, and emotional control are functions of the frontal lobe. Sensory areas: conscious awareness of sensation, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes, primary somatosensory cortex. Motor areas: control voluntary motor functions, frontal lobe. Each motor/sensory area is associated with regions that process information. Neural activity invested in areas of the body vary greatly: e(cid:454). Ha(cid:374)ds has a lot, (cid:449)hile toes do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e so (cid:373)u(cid:272)h. Wer(cid:374)i(cid:272)ke"s area: permits recognition of spoken and written language.
