Neuroscience Quiz 5

Which pathway would be disrupted by epilepsy surgery targeting CA3 of the hippocampus?

• Mossy fiber pathway

• Ventral amygdalofugal pathway

• Schaffer collateral pathway

• Fornix

Korsakoff’s syndrome causes damage to which brain regions?

• Hippocampus and prefrontal cortex

• Mammillary bodies and anterior thalamic nucleus

• Amygdala and nucleus accumbens

• Inferior colliculus and MGN

What is one function of the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACC)?

• Language comprehension

• Regulating visceral processes

• Balance and coordination

• Processing visual inputs

Damage to the primary visual cortex results in:

• Visual agnosia

• Blindness in one eye

• Contralateral homonymous hemianopsia

• Complete cortical blindness

Personality changes after a prefrontal lobotomy are due to disrupted connections between the PFC and:

• Cerebellum

• Occipital cortex

• Hypothalamus and limbic system

• Basal ganglia

Damage to the inferotemporal cortex would most likely cause:

• Hemineglect

• Prosopagnosia

• Aphasia

• Anosmia

The medial geniculate nucleus (MGN) relays what type of information?

• Visual

• Auditory

• Olfactory

• Tactile

Following bilateral hippocampus removal, H.M. experienced:

• Global amnesia

• Severe language deficits

• Loss of short-term memory formation

• Loss of motor skills

Damage to the basolateral amygdala disrupts which pathway and impairs emotional processing?

• Fornix

• Ventral amygdalofugal pathway

• Stria terminalis

• Reticulospinal tract

Broad damage to the primary motor cortex typically results in:

• Agraphia

• Spastic paralysis

• Tinnitus

• Bradykinesia