Ch 14 - Brainstem 3 - Slides

Question	Answer
WHAT IS THE GROSS FUNCTION OF THE ROSTRAL RETICULAR FORMATION?	Maintains alert, conscious state
WHAT IS THE GROSS FUNCTION OF THE CAUDAL RETICULAR FORMATION?	Motor, reflex and autonomic functions
WHAT STRUCTURES ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS SYSTEM?	i. Upper brainstem ii. Diencephalon iii. Basal forebrain iv. Medial & lateral frontoparietal association cortex v. Cingulate gyrus
WHERE IN THE BRAIN CAN A LESION CAUSE A COMA?	a. Upper brainstem reticular formation and related structures b. Bilateral regions of cerebral cortex (extensive damage) c. Bilateral lesions of the thalamus
WHAT REGIONS GOVERN THE STAGES OF SLEEP?	Non-REM Sleep: Caudal Medulla REM Sleep: Pons
What are the gross symptoms of Narcolepsy?	Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Cataplexy Dream-Like Hallucinations Sleep Paralysis
What are the gross symptoms of Coma?	Unarousable/Unresponsive Brainstem Reflexes Present Cortical Responses Absent EEG Abnormal
What are the gross symptoms of Brain Death?	Brainstem Reflexes Absent Cortical Responses Absent EEG Flat
What are the gross symptoms of Vegetative State?	Sleep-Wake Cycles Present Brainstem Reflexes Present Cortical Responses Absent *Follows Coma
What are the gross symptoms of Minimally Conscious State?	Visual Tracking Present Minimal/Variable Degree of Responsiveness
Where are the Structures that Regulate Respiration?	Medulla
What Structures Regulate HR and BP?	Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Nucleus Soliatrius (CN IX & X)

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