Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA (Latest

2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified

Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

Q: Four basic limbic system functions:

Answer:

"HOME"-

-Homeostasis, Olfaction, Memory, and Emotion

Q: Limbic system - Key structure for Olfaction

Answer:

Olfactory Cortex

Q: Limbic system - Key structure for Memory

Answer:

Hippocampal Formation

Q: What is the function of the basal ganglia?

Answer:

-To regulate movement via influence on descending motor systems

Q: What is the result of the direct pathway?

Answer:

-Disinhibition= no/less inhibition of the thalamus= movement!

Q: What are the common problems associated with basal ganglia lesions?

Answer:

-Dyskinesia, rigidity, involuntary movements, tremors

Q: Limbic system - Key structure for Emotions / Drives (1)

Answer:

Amygdala

Q: Limbic system - Key structure for Homeostasis / Autonomic neuroendocrine control

Answer:

Hypothalamus

Q: Primary Olfactory Cortex projects to several secondary olfactory areas: also what are their

main functions (3)

Answer:

1. Anterior entorhinal cortex - memory

2. Orbitofrontal olfactory area - discrimination of smell

3. Amygdala - Emotion and motivation

Q: 2 main areas for memory formation

Answer:

Medial temporal lobe

Medial diencephalon memory areas

Q: Medial temporal lobe consist of (2):

Answer:

Hippocampal formation and parahippocampal gyrus

Q: Medial diencephalon memory areas (4):

Answer:

Mediodorsal and anterior nucleus (of thalamus)

-Mammillary bodies

-Other diencephalic nuclei

Q: Medial temporal lobe and Medial diencephalon memory areas are interconnected with each

other and the cortex by ___? this is crucial for _____?

Answer:

white matter pathways

crucial for memory consolidation and retrieval

Q: Hippocampal Formation

-Three components & fcn's

Answer:

1. Dentate gyrus - New memories

2. Hippocampus - Short and long term memory

3. Subiculum - Major output

Q: Hippocampus Functions: 3