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Important Terms
Brains parts, etc.
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2009

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Term
Hippocampus
Definition
consolidating memory
Term
Amygdala
Definition
Learning, emotional responses
Term
Olfactory bulbs
Definition
Smell
Term
Thalamus
Definition
Sensory information
Term
Cingulate Gyrus
Definition
Attention, monitoring task performance
Term
Parahippocampal gyrus
Definition
Surrounds the hippocampus. Important in memory encoding/retrieval
Term
Fornix
Definition
Surrounds hippocampus, carries info around them outside to mammiliary bodies.
Term
Basal Ganglia:
Parts and function and Location
Definition
Motor control/posture, dopaminergic pathways. Includes:

Caudate Nucleus
Putamen
Globus Pallidus
substantia nigra (sometimes. Damage here = parkinson's)
Subthalamic nuclei

Located around the thalamus, in different areas. Different parts different locations..
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