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Brain Organization
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Spinal Cord Anatomy Dorsal Ventral Dorsal Horn: Sensory information in
Ventral Horn: Motor information out
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Brainstem Brainstem: arousal center (ARAS) sensory in pathway
motor out pathway Midbrain Superior Colliculus Inferior Colliculus Pons REM sleep Medulla breathing center cardiac center
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Ascending Reticular Activating System (ARAS)
Arousal Center
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Cerebellum Motor Coordination Fine tuning of: sensory systems emotions
learning and memory Autism decreased cerebellum size
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Thalamus and Hypothalamus
relay station Hypothalamus regulation center
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Nucleus Reticularis Thalami
NRT: GABA cells Gatekeeper
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Hypothalamic Nuclei hunger/thirst blood pressure/heart rate
blood pressure/shivering stress satiety sex memory reproduction thermoregulation reproduction circadian rhythms
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Limbic System Emotion Rewards Memory smell aggression fear learning
recognition memory smell recognition? memory
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Basal Ganglia Movement Parkinson’s Disease cell death in
substantia nigra
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Cortical Lobes Frontal: Strategy and Planning Motor area Parietal:
Somatosensory area Temporal: Audition, Language Occipital: Vision
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