NURS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bipolar Disorder, Muscle Tone, Antipsychotic
Document Summary
Frontal- motor cortex, thought, morality, ethical behavior. Most closely associated with emotion and memory. Problems in this system result in short term memory impairment. Damaged parietal, temporal lobes, and limbic system are found in alzheimer"s disease. Parkinson"s disease is a problem with basal ganglia. Lesions in cerebellum result in ataxia, intention tremor, past pointing, failure of rapid movements (dysdiadochokinesia. Group of brain structures that include limbic cortex, and associated subcortical structures (thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala) Structures are involved in emotional experience and in control of emotional behavior. Mass of gray matter in anterior portion of the temporal lobe. Plays important role in arousal and emotional states receives incoming sensory information and sends it to frontal lobes for interpretation. Chemicals that help move information through the nervous system. In the brain two major neurotransmitters are glutamate and gaba. Anxiety can be protective and keep us out of danger.
