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| A small, round protuberance or swelling |
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| a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side of the CNS to the other |
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| A band of bundle of axonal fibers |
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| a longitudinal bundle containing white matter (axons) |
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| cluster of neurons in the PNS |
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| tangle of dendrites, axon terminals, and glial processes where most synapses are found |
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| cluster of neurons in the CNS |
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| white matter stalk or stem-like structure, serving as a connection |
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| stripe, band, or line distinguished by color, texture, jdepression or elevation from the surrounding tissue |
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| Bunble of axons in the CNS |
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| an elongated surface protuberance overlying a similar-shaped nuclues |
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| interventricular Foramen of Monro |
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| communication point between both lateral ventricles nad the third ventricle |
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| Cerebral Aqueduct ("aqueduct of Sylvius") |
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| small channel through the midbrain that connects the third and fourth ventricles |
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| Protein Kinase A activated by |
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| Protein kinase C activated by |
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| other protein kinases- kinase cascade |
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| MAPKs when activated does what? |
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| phosphorylates transcription factors |
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| ERK (extracellular signal regulated kinase) is a: |
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| Dopamin cell bodies located |
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substantia nigra
Ventral tegmental area
(also hypothalamus and retina)
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| Substantia nigra dopamine cell bodies project to: |
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| putamen and caudate nucleus |
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| Ventral tegmental area DA neurons project to: |
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| cortical and limbic regions |
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| Tuberoinfundibular DA system |
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originates in arcuate nucleus
projects to infundibular stalk- inhibits prolactin secretion by the anterior pituitary |
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Locus ceruleus (ascending projections)
Lateral tegmental system (Descending projections) |
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| NE neurons of locus ceruleus project to: |
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all parts of cerebral cortex
basal forebrain
hippocampus
amygdala
thalamus
cerebellum |
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| Functional role of Locus ceruleus NE pathway |
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level of arousal
attention and vigilance
responding to stress and depression |
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| NE neurons of ventral lateral tegmentum project to |
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| brainstem and spinal cord (autonomic function) |
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| Cholinergic neurons of CNS located in: |
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the basal forebrain constellation
Dorsolateral tegmentum of pons |
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| Cholinergic neurons of basal forebrain innervate |
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entire neocortex
amygdala
hippocampus
thalamus |
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| Cholinergic neurons in dorsolateral tegmentum of pons project to: |
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| basal ganglia, thalamus, hypothalamus, medullary reticular formation and deep cerebellar nuclei |
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