Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Superior Colliculus and Emotional Response


Opet, ne mogu naći fiziologije i anatomije panike i tjeskobe fascinantan. Međutim, ako ne dijelite moj "geekness", barem uzeti dvije stvari od ovog posta. Prije svega, to je nada koja stvara i jačanje razumjeti što uzrokuje naše bijede. Drugo, prase-prateći na što gđa Decker kaže u svojoj izjavi drugi, dolazi do razumjeti čuda uma i mozga, te ih provodi, ne može pomoći, ali donijeti djelotvoran tretman.

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the superior colliculus (SC) is a very ancient component of the brain (Mesencephalon), which is the smallest part of the brain and serves as a kind of booster station for visual and auditory information. It is a paired structure, meaning that is in both lobes. Colliculus comes from the Latin for "large hill." You can see it is called Tectum, which comes from the Latin for "roof ."

the superior colliculus (SC) is a very ancient component of the brain (Mesencephalon), which is the smallest part of the brain and serves as a kind of booster station for visual and auditory information. It is a paired structure, meaning that is in both lobes. Colliculus comes from the Latin for "large hill." You can see it is called Tectum, which comes from the Latin for "roof ."

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of note is its layered structure. It's kind of cool, in the functioning of the SC changes as one goes down a number of its layers. surface layer are more sensory-related, receiving input from the eyes and other sensory systems. A deeper layers of the motor-related. layers are between the sensory and motor liability.

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Funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, a research team from Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that activation of deep layers of superior colliculus (DLSC) play an important role in the regulation of our emotional response to threat situations. This area seems to be working in conjunction with, you guessed it, the amygdala, to help us regulate the social and emotional behavior

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Funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, a research team from Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that activation of deep layers of superior colliculus (DLSC) play an important role in the regulation of our emotional response to threat situations. This area seems to be working in conjunction with, you guessed it, the amygdala, to help us regulate the social and emotional behavior

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And you know, DLSC produces defensive behaviors such as exaggerated startle response, hypervigilance, cowering, and escape. Familiar with any of these? Well, the researchers suggest that at least possible that during activation of DLSC / combined amygdala may lead to emotional disorders assorted. Not that we do not already know that, right?

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And you know, DLSC produces defensive behaviors such as exaggerated startle response, hypervigilance, cowering, and escape. Familiar with any of these? Well, the researchers suggest that at least possible that during activation of DLSC / combined amygdala may lead to emotional disorders assorted. Not that we do not already know that, right?

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