Summary, lecture notes and quiz questions + answers Developmental Neuropsychology
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Developmental Neuropsychology
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Universiteit Utrecht (UU)
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Developmental Neuropsychology
This document contains detailed lectures, associated chapters and the quiz questions with answers of the master course Developmental Neuropsychology (2021/2022).
Lecture 1 – Introduction neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
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,Brain structure (connectoom) refers to the separate brain areas, the connection between
these areas (white nerve tracts) and their cell structure.
Brain function refers to the role of the separate brain areas and to the communication
between and within these areas, a global level (organization of brain networks), local level
(function of brain area) and the micro level (neurophysiology).
Terminology:
Cerebral cortex: higher cognitive functions which
consists of gyri and sulci, and has a layered cell
structure (6 cell layers).
Gray matter contains cell bodies and dendrites.
White matter are myelinated axons.
Central nervous system (CNS): brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system (PNS): Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system:
Contains all neural structures outside the brain:
– The ability to sense what is going on outside and inside the body: afferent (rising)
nerve tracts
– The ability to respond with our muscles and glands: efferent (descending) nerve
tracts
The somatic (voluntary) nervous system is composed of:
– the sensory (afferent) neurons: that carry messages from outside the body to the
central nervous system; specialized in transmitting messages from the eyes, ears, and
other sensory receptor
– the motor (efferent) neurons: that carry messages from the central nervous system
to the skeletal muscles of the body; send messages from the brain and spinal cord to
the muscles that control voluntary movements.
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, Every deliberate action a person makes involves neurons in the somatic nervous system.
Autonomic nervous system:
– Regulates the internal environment of the body, such as respiration, circulation, and
digestion
– Senses the body’s internal functions, control the glands and the smooth (involuntary)
muscles of the heart, blood vessels, stomach etc.
– Also involved in aspects of motivation, emotional behaviour, and stress responses.
Autonomic nervous system can be further divided into
– Sympathetic nervous system: activation or arousal, flight-or-flight response
– Parasympathetic nervous system: slows down body processes and maintains a state
of tranquility
Functions of the spinal cord:
– Contains motor and sensory nerves
– Organization of reflexes
– Central pattern generators (rhythmic movements, such as walking and swimming)
Hindbrain:
• Brain stem supports vital life functions
– Medulla: heart rate and respiration
– Pons: sleep and arousal
• Cerebellum involved in complex rapidly changing movements that require precise
timing, memory, and learning
Midbrain:
The midbrain or mesencephalon (associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep and
wakefulness, arousal (alertness), and temperature regulation)
– Tectum and tegmentum
Tectum receives input from eyes and ears
– Superior colliculus (input from optic nerve)
– Inferior colliculus (input auditory nerve)
– Both integrate information and give direct commands to the muscles
Tegmentum
– red nucleus (a role in motor co-ordination)
– Substantia nigra (produces dopamine, involved in motor-planning, learning,
addiction, and other functions)
– Ventral tegmental area contains a complex synaptic network of neurons,
primarily involved in homeostasis and reflex actions and is the largest
dopamine-producing area in the brain, and is heavily involved in the neural
reward system
Forebrain:
Hypothalamus
– Motivation and emotion: sexual behaviour, temperature regulation, sleeping,
eating, drinking, pleasure-displeasure, aggression, and hormone regulation
(direct contact with the pituitary gland)
Thalamus
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