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Structure: prefrontal cortex, premotor and motor areas
Function: language, reasoningm, planning, problem solving |
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Structure: cauliflower like, size characterizes behavior
Function: controls body, balance, automatic |
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Structure: connects with spinal cord, lowest and oldest, midbrain, medulla ablongata
Function: descending and ascending tracts, alertness, arousal, breathing, blood pressure |
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Structure: small either side of 3rd ventricle, 3 prominent regions, size of a pearl
Function: endocrine, autonomic and behavioral eating, get no energy |
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Structure: paired, joined at midline
Function: Modulate the flow of info, sleep and awake states
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Structure: Top of brain stem, under cortex
Function: Fear, anger and agression |
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Structure: located between the temporal, adjacent to amygdala
Function: long term memory |
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