The ventricular system Hippocampus Subcortical nuclei

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• The Ventricular System
• Hippocampus
• Subcortical Nuclei

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Ventricular System

• Lateral ventricles
• Third ventricle
• Fourth ventricle

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Lateral ventricles

• Body - atrium
• 3 horns

- anterior - posterior occipital - inferior
temporal
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Third ventricle

• Anterior wall lamina terminalis, anterior
  comissure, fornical columns
• Lateral wall thalamus and hypothalamus
• Posterior wall ? cerebral aqueduct

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Fourth ventricle

• Floor medulla oblongata, pons
• Roof cerebellum

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The limbic system

• Amygdala
• Hippocampus
• Fornix mamilary bodies
• Parahippocampal gyrus
• Cingulate gyrus

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Hippocampal Formation
Hippocampus parahippocampal gyrus hippocampal
formation
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Hippocampus

• Head
• Body
• Tail

• Cornu Ammonis (CA1 4)
• Dentate gyrus (DG)

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Amygdala
Heterogenous structure containing many different
cell groups.

• Basolateral
• Olfactory
• Centromedial
• Extended

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Basal ganglia

• Caudate nucleus head, body, tail
• Lentiform nucleus putamen globus pallidus
• Claustrum

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Basal ganglia

• Internal capsule
• External capsule

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