CMD 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mammillary Body, Explicit Memory, Corpus Callosum
24 Apr 2017
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Cmd 377 - lecture 20 - the olfactory and limbic system. Found in roof and walls of nasal cavity. Axons of the receptors collect into the olfactory filia. Projections from the olfactory bulb form the olfactory tract. 80% of taste information is actually from the smell sensation. Very related to the memory system and emotion system. Fibers of the lateral olfactory tract go to the . Then, the olfactory information is projected to . Anosmia loss of ability to smell. Diagnostically useful in case of tumors growing in the base of the skull. Sensorineural olfactory deficits caused by head injuries or neurodegenerative disease (parkinson"s, alzheimer"s) Tracts and nerves could be easily damaged. Uncinate seizures seizures originating in the vicinity of the uncus. *five agreed upon structures of the limbic system, others are just connected. Anterior end at the amygdala and posterior end near the splenium of the corpus callosum. Problems with this area can be connected to alzheimer"s.
