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| Part of the limbic system and the basal ganglia. Plays a role in processing memory and emotional reactions |
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| Connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres across the midline |
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| Plays a role in the coordination of movement |
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| Contains CSF and connects the 3rd ventricle to the 4th ventricle |
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| Part of the basal ganglia and is motor control |
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| Part of the limbic system. Important for processing, learning and memory |
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| Connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates communication between the two hemispheres. |
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| Important for memory: spatial memories, memory formation, memory consolidation and memory optimization in sleep. |
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| Carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei |
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| Part of the basal ganglia. Involved in motor control |
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| Hippocampus and (dentate gyrus) |
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| Part of the limbic system. Important for consolidating short-term memory to long-term memory and for spatial navigation. |
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| Links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. Responsible for metabolic processes and other activities of the ANS. Controls body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, sleep and circadian cycles. |
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| Functions as an important auditory center and may participate in the integration of hearing reflexes. |
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| Infundibular stalk (stalk leading to the pituitary) |
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| Connects the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary. |
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| Lateral Geniculate Nucleus |
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| The thalamic nuclei that relay visual information to the cerebral cortex |
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| Medial Geniculate Nucleus |
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| The thalamic nuclei that relay auditory information to the cerebral cortex |
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| Plays a role in reward, pleasure, laughter, addiction, aggression, fear, and the placebo effect. |
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| Optic nerves/tracts/chiasm |
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| Controls sight. Transmits visual information from retina to the brain |
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| Periaqueductal (central) gray |
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| Plays a role in the suppression of pain and in defensive behavior |
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| Produces melatonin. Regulate endocrine function. Conversion of Nervous System signals to endocrine signals. Causes feeling of sleepiness. Influences sexual development. |
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| Motor control and sensory analysis |
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| Plays a role in sexual behavior. |
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| Controls motor skills – motor learning, motor performance and tasks, motor preparation, specifying amplitudes of movement, and movement sequences. |
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| Part of the limbic system. Plays a role in emotional behvior. Considered a pleasure zone in animals |
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| Sensorimotor system and play a role in addiction |
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| Regulates sleep/consciousness. Thalamus is devoted to motor control. Also relays sensory information to the appropriate regions of the cerebral cortex |
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