SIU Neurology Resident Neuroscience Course

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Chapter 50. Emotional States and Feelings

  1. The part of the limbic system most involved with emotional experience is
    1. Amygdala
    2. Hippocampus
    3. Cingulate cortex
    4. Frontal cortex
  2. Match the function (or dysfunction) to the structure (3 points)
Declarative memory
Memory of emotional states
Social disinhibition
Frontal cortex
Amygdala
Hippocampus
  1. Which of the following is not part of the limbic circuit of Papez?
    1. Fornix
    2. Olfactory bulb
    3. Amygdala
    4. Parahippocampal gyrus
  2. Which of the following are not part of the Kluver-Bucy syndrome?
    1. Putting inedible objects in the mouth
    2. Inappropriate sexual behavior
    3. Wildness
    4. All of the above are part

Chapter 51. Motivational and Addictive States

  1. Most addictive drugs, such as nicotine, alcohol, opiates, and cocaine, produce their actions by acting on or co-opting the same neural pathways that mediate positively motivated behaviors essential for survival.
    1. True. The same pathways are involved.
    2. False. These drugs activate unique pathways.
  2. The area of the brain most sensitive to temperature is
    1. Subfornical organ
    2. Thalamus
    3. Hypothalamus
    4. Amygdala
  3. Rats with bilateral lesions of the lateral hypothalamus develop
    1. Placidity
    2. Aphagia
    3. Death
    4. All of the above
  4. The chemical leptin is secreted by
    1. Medial preoptic neurons
    2. Lateral hypthalamic neurons
    3. Duodenum
    4. Adipocytes
  5. Drugs of abuse are addictive because they increase the level of dopamine in the
    1. Nucleus accumbens
    2. Substantia nigra
    3. Striatum
    4. Ventral tegmental area


This is an open-book test due 5/14/2002
A score of 80% or better is required. If your score is less, you are required to retake the test.

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