[NEUR 2P37] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (99 pages long)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR 2P37
• Professor: nickslothouber

Document Summary

Mammals (particularly primates & human primates) have complex cortices that allows for certain skills such as permitting attention, problem solving, anticipation + interpretive skills (thinking/ executive function below cortex) It can override, influence, modify how, when, where and why we interact with the world. Relays sensorial info about the external environment in order to inform us about the world. Has several nuclei (11 to be exact; sensory relay station) Coordinates and directs information from the sensorial systems (touch, smell, taste, see, hear) to the cerebral cortex and to the hypothalamus. Then sends input to the basal ganglia voluntary motor system. Lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d me(cid:373)or(cid:455) (cid:894) a (cid:862) eti(cid:272)ular a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ati(cid:374)g (cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:895) Involved in producing/controlling voluntary movement in terms of action on/interacting w/ the world. Damage to basal ganglia is rare so not many studies have been conducted to find info on it (cid:894)there is(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)u(cid:272)h information about the bg available)