Central Nervous system organisation
6 important questions on Central Nervous system organisation
What neurotransmitter do the projection neurons (pyramidal cells) of the CNS use?
What neurotransmitters do interneurons in the CNS use? What is the exception?
Neocortex also has glutamate star-shaped inteneurons
- They get info from thalamus
What are the subcortical regions of the CNS and what is their function?
Hippocampal formation: Long term episodic memory
Amygdala: Motivation/emotion
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What are the parts of the hippocampal formation?
Dentate Gyrus
Subiculum
What is the function of the somatic division of the peripheral nervous system? Where do the cell bodies lie?
Cell bodies:
- Dorsal Root Ganglia
- Cranial Ganglia
What are the 3 parts of the autonomic division of the PNS?
Parasympathetic: Homeostatis/resting
Enteric system: Smooth gut muscles
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