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Limbic system & memory disturbance 2020
1. Neuroanatomy of Limbic system
& memory
Presenter: Dr. Mestet Y.(neurosurgery
resident)
Moderator: Dr. Hagos B.( Consultant
Neurosurgeon)
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3. Introduction
Limbic system: is a ring-like structure around
the upper end of brainstem and on the inferio-
medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres.
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4. Limbic lobe
• consists of subcalosal & cingulate gyrus,
isthmus, hippocampal formation,
parahippocampus, and uncus.
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5. Limbic Loop
• Anatomic substrates for the integrative
function of the limbic system.
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6. Functions of limbic system
• Homeostatic mechanisms
• Preservation of the species
• Emotional behavior and feeling
• Memory
• Matching up sensory input with autonomic-
endocrine drives and putting it into the context of
the situation
• Motivation
Different functions of the limbic system are not
distributed equally among its components.
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7. HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION
• is an infolding of the parahippocampal gyrus
into the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle
• consists of three regions: hippocampus
dentate gyrus (fascia dentata), and subiculum.
• allocortex
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12. Papez (external hippocampal) Circuit
• It is a circular pathway that interconnects
important structures in limbic system.
• Concerned with memory.
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13. FUNCTION
• Memory: bilateral anterior temporal
lobectomies.
Lt vs Rt: like hemispheric asymmetries.
Anterior vs posterior: novelty vs familiarity
• No role in olfaction.
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17. Efferent pathways
• Stria terminalis sends fibers to the septal area
and hypothalamus before entering the medial
forebrain bundle and (downstream) the
central tegmental tract & bed nucleus.
• Ventral amygdalofugal pathway: synapse
within the nucleus accumbens
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18. Intra-Amygdaloid Connections
• extensive intranuclear and internuclear
connectivity between amygdalar nuclei.
• Most of the connections are glutamatergic.
• indicate extensive local processing of
information entering the amygdala before it
leads to the appropriate behavioral outcomes.
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19. Function
• Autonomic effects
• Orienting response
• Emotional behavior and food intake
• Facial expression
• Arousal response
• Sexual activity
• Motor activity
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20. Clinical correlates
• Kluver-Bucy syndrome
• Temporal lobe epilepsy
• The ‘What?’ pathway:
• Prosopagnosia
• Anxiety & phobia:
Blood truama phobia
• Attack b/r from
hypothalamus vs
Amygdala vs
sepal area
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21. Septal areaComponents
septum verum
nucleus accumbens
septi.
the bed nucleus of
stria terminalis
septal nuclei
Medial
Lateral
posterior
diagonal band of
Broca
septum pellucidum
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23. Efferent projections
• Two chief efferent projections
stria medullaris
septohippocampal pathway: via fornix
rate & size of theta rhythm: Glutamatergic vs
cholinergic neurons
strength of theta rhythm in AD
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24. Function
• Provides interaction between limbic and
diencephalic structures.
Emotional behavior
Water consumption
Activity
Learning
Reward
Autonomic effects:
Septal syndrome
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25. Basal forebrain
• Extends from
Bifurcation of olfactory tract to infundibulum&
Midline to the amygdala .
• Abundant in cholinergic neurons
• Cholinergic neurons in septal nuclei & basal
nucleus of Meynert: LTP & ‘awake’ pattern on
EEG.
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27. OLFACTORY SYSTEM
• Peculiarity of primary
afferent neurons:
1. somas at surface
epithelium.
2. axons enter to cortex
directly.
3. undergo continuous
turnover from basal stem
cells.
4. The pathway to the
cortical centers in the
frontal lobe is entirely
ipsilateral.
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Olfactory
epithelium
Olfactory
nerves
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory tract
Areas of
olfactory cortex
28. Cingulate cortex
• The anterior vs
posterior cingulate
cortex :
• Anterior cingulate:6
functional areas
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30. Memory
• depend on two distinct changes:
an electric membrane event of a temporary
nature and
a more stable, permanent change in the
chemistry of the nervous system.
DNA and RNA act as codes for synaptic
transmission for transforming short-term
memories into permanent stores.
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