Transmit sensory information to corresponding sensory corticesReceive impulses from cerebellum and basal gangliaInterface with motor frontal lobeConnect to association and limbic cortexConnect to reticular activating systemEach half of the medial hypothalamus can be divided into three parts: the supraoptic portion, which is farthest anterior and contains the supraoptic, suprachiasmatic,and paraventricular nuclei; the tuberal portion, which lies immediately behind the supraoptic portion and contains the ventromedial, dorsomedial, and arcuate nuclei in additionto the median eminence; and the mammillary portion, which is the farthest posterior and contains the posterior nucleus and several mammillary nuclei.Autonomic nervous system regulationHormone production / regulationCircadian rhythm regulationLimbic system interactionSurvivalTemp regulationHunger/thirstNSC 4366 1nd EditionExam # 3 Study Guide Lectures: 12-14 Lecture 12Cerebellum-cerebellum sits on top of the pons-cerebellar peduncle is just fiber bundles• -inputs arrive at the cerebellar cortex• -cortex works its magic and projects to deep nuclei• -deep nuclei provide the cerebellar output- anterior lobe is in the frontflocculonodular lobe came first evolutionarily-longitudinal (from side to side): -vermis is the midline structure -paravermis (paramedian) is lateral to the vermislateral zone is involved in motor skills of the hand (skilled movement) (biggest part in cerebellum)vermis invoved in trunk (balance)paravermis involved in proximal limbs (biceps, triceps, quads, hamstrings) - someone with paravermal dysfunction would not be able to walk rightflocculonodular - controls trunk (body posture) and eye movements (if someone has body posture problems they also have eye movementproblems) (involves rubrospinal tract, vestibulospinal tract)Anterior love - regulates movementof legsdentate nucleus - lateral cerebellum - fine movement of the handsparavermis - intermediate nucleusvermis - fastigial nuceustwo inputs, one outputgreen input (inferior cerebellar peduncle) - spinal cord talks to cerebellum via the inferior cerebellar peduncle - incoming info from spinal cord and medullagold input (middle cerebellar peduncle) - transverse fibers going from pons to nucleusthe cortex talks to the cerebellum indirectly; cortex sends information down to pontine nuclei in the middle cerebellar peduncle and that’s how it communicates to the cerebellum (if you had a pontine stroke you would lose input to cerebellum)Lecture 13:Almost all sensations go through the thalamus• Transmit sensory information to corresponding sensory cortices • Receive impulses from cerebellum and basal ganglia• Interface with motor frontal lobe• Connect to association and limbic cortex• Connect to reticular activating system• serves as a gateway for incoming sensory information• thalamus conveys information from basal ganglia and cerebellum to cortex (if you lost your thalamus you’d be in a coma; if a patient can’t stay awake could have a thalamic disorder)olfaction doesn’t go through the thalamus, olfaction goes straight to the cortexLecture 14: HypothalamusEach half of the medial hypothalamus can be divided into three parts: the supraoptic portion, which is farthest anterior and contains the supraoptic, suprachiasmatic,and paraventricular nuclei; the tuberal portion, which lies immediately behind the supraoptic portion and contains the ventromedial, dorsomedial, and arcuate nuclei in additionto the median eminence; and the mammillary portion, which is the farthest posterior and contains the posterior nucleus and several mammillary nuclei.Functions of the HypothalamusAutonomic nervous system regulationHormone production / regulation Circadian rhythm regulationLimbic system interactionSurvival• Temp regulation•