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LIMBIC SYSTEM. „ visceral brain “ emotional reactions sexual behaviour care for offspring social behaviour memory control of autonomic functions. Cortical parts. inner zone : hippocampus, gyrus dentatus, subiculum, presubiculum, parasubiculum, indusium griseum
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LIMBIC SYSTEM • „visceral brain“ • emotional reactions • sexual behaviour • care for offspring • social behaviour • memory • control of autonomic functions
Cortical parts • inner zone: hippocampus, gyrus dentatus, subiculum, presubiculum, parasubiculum, indusium griseum • outer zone: area enthorhinalis (28), lobus piriformis, gyrus cinguli • neocortical paralimbic cortex: insula, anterior pole of temporal lobe, medial and orbital part of frontal lobe
Nuclei (tele-, di-, mesencephalon, pons) • corpus amygdaloideum • septum verum • nucleus accumbens • ncl. corporis mammillaris • ncl. habenularis • ncl. anteriores thalami • ncl. interpeduncularis • ncl. tegmentalis dorsalis Guddeni • ncl. parabrachiales med.+lat.
Nuclei (aminergic nuclei) • cholinergic nuclei:ncl. basalis Meynerti, ncl. tractus diagonalis Brocae + septalis med. v septum verum, ncl. preopticus magnocellularis v hypothalamu • dopaminergic nuclei: pars compacta substantiae nigrae, nucleus subbrachialis formationis reticularis (= area tegmentalis ventralis Tsai) • noradrenergic nuclei: locus coeruleus • serotonergic nuclei: ncl. raphei med.+dors., ncl. centralis superior tegmenti Bechterevi (v RF) • histaminergic nuclei: ncl. tuberomamillaris hypothalami
White matter of LS Fornix • columnae (pars tecta – fibrae pre- + retrocommissurales, pars libera) • corpus • crura (+ commissura fornicis = Lyra Davidis) • fimbria hippocampi (lying on hippocampus in cornu inferius ventriculi lateralis) • taenia fornicis = attachment line of plexus choroideus ventriculi lateralis to fornix
White matter of LS • Striae longitudinales corporis callosi medialis + lateralis • Cingulum – association fascicle in gyrus cinguliGyrus cinguli = area subcalosa, area cigularis ant.+post., area retrosplenialis, presubiculum • Commissura anterior • Tractus mammillothalamicus + mamillointerpeduncularis • Fasciculus longitudinalis posterior
Olfaction cortex piriformis – anterior pole of temporal lobe • cortical part of amygdala • uncus gyri parahippocampalis • anterior end of gyrus parahippocampalis • main olfactory centre – orbitofrontal cortex
Main output axis of limbic system Septum verum hypothalamus RF of mesencephalon • along fasciculus medialis telencephali = MFB
Hippocampus proprius = cornu Ammonis • part of gyrus parahippocampalis facing cornu inferius centriculi lateralis (5cm long) • Alveus = fibre layer on hippocampal surface, under ependyma • contains fibres running in fimbria hippocampi • Regio I-IV (CA 1-CA 4) • Stratum moleculare (+ substratum lacunosum) • Stratum oriens • Stratum pyramidale • Stratu radiatum • Gyrus dentatus • Stratum moleculare, granulare, multiforme
Hippocampal formation = hippocampus, subiculum, gyrus dentatus • Gyrus dentatus • under fimbria hippocampi, medially to hippocampus • narrowing towards temporal lobe pole • termianes as oblique taenia Giacomini(separating uncus) • when reaching splenium corporis callosi gyrus fasciolaris indusim griseum+striae longitudinales corporis callosi
Subicular complex • subiculum (archicortex) – superior part of gyrus parahippocampalis • presubiculum (periarchicortex) • periarchicortical band on medial surface of temporal lobe • medially to subiculum • parasubiculum (periarchicortex)
Hippocampus - connections • afferents: olfaction, g. cinguli via cingulum, orbital cortex via fasc. uncinatus, amygdala area entorhinalis (28) H. hypothalamus, septum, contralateral hippocampus fornix H. • efferents: from subiculum • area entorhinalis (28) • fornix (precom.) septum, hypothalamus (area preoptica), striatum ventrale, orbital and anterior cingulate cortex • fornix (precom.) ncll. anteriores thalami • fornix (postcom.) corpus mamillare
Hippocampus - lesion • lesion of declarative memory (facts, events) • little retrograde amnesia • full antegrade amnesia (except short-time memory) • amnesia of corpora mamillaria • chronic alcoholism • can cause Korsakov´s psychosis (amnestic confabulatory syndrom)
Hippocampal formation = hippocampus, subiculum, gyrus dentatus • Gyrus dentatus • under fimbria hippocampi, medially to hippocampus • narrowing towards temporal lobe pole • termianes as oblique taenia Giacomini(separating uncus) • when reaching splenium corporis callosi gyrus fasciolaris indusim griseum+striae longitudinales corporis callosi
Subicular complex • subiculum (archicortex) – superior part of gyrus parahippocampalis • presubiculum (periarchicortex) • periarchicortical band on medial surface of temporal lobe • medially to subiculum • parasubiculum (periarchicortex)
Corpus amygdaloidum (= amygdala = nucleus amgydalae) = archistriatum • morphologic and developmental basal ganglion • function and conections with limbic systém • location: temporal lobe, in front of cornu inferius ventriculi lateralis and caudaa ncl. caudati • complex of nuclei • control of hypothalamus „drive-related behaviour“ • subjective feelings (fear, agression) • bilateral lesion no agressivity
Corpus amygdaloidum - division • cortex periamygdalaris • young – baso-lateral part – connection to cortex • old – cortico-centromedial part – connection to olfaction; hypothalamus and brain stem
Corpus amygdaloidum - connections • afferents: rich sensory and visceral • efferents: • stria terminalis (along ncl. caudatus and v. thalamostriata) septum + hypothalamus • ventral amygdalofugal pathway (under ncl. lentiformis) septum + hypothalamus + piriform, orbital and antrerior cingulatecortex, ncl. accumbens, ncl. dorsomedialis thalami
Insula ??? • area 13-16 • visceromotor innervation of GIT • emotion of pain • speech • limbic function
Two main limbic subsystems • Hippocampus ( gyrus cinguli + parahippocampalis neocortex) ~ ncll. anteriores thalami + corpus mamillare • Corpus amygdaloideum ( prefrontal (orbital) cortex and anterior temporal cortex neocortex) ~ ncl. dorsomedialis thalami
Circuits of limbic system • Limbic circuit of basal ganglia hippocampus, gyrus cinguli, orbitofrontal cortex, temporal cortex ncl. accumbens substantia nigra pallidum ventrale thalamus orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortex beginning of motor respons visceromot respons via hypothalamus
Circuits of limbic system • Papez´s limbic subcortical circuit (John Papez 1937)hippocampal formation fornix corpora mamillaria fasciculus mamillothalamicus ncll. anteriores thalami area cingularis posterior hippocampus + area entorhinalis • recent, short version skips hypothalamus
Meninges • pachymeninx = dura mater • dura mater cranialis • dura mater spinalis • leptomeninx • arachnoidea mater • arachnoidea mater cranialis + spinalis • pia mater • pia mater cranialis + spinalis
Dura mater • dura mater cranialis • falx cerebri • tentorium cerebelli (+ incisura tentorii) • falx cerebelli • diaphragma sellae • cavum trigeminale • dura mater spinalis (= saccus) • pars duralis fili terminalis
Dura mater – Arteries • brain • a. meningea ant. a. ethmoidalis ant. a. ophtalmica a. carotis int. • a. meningea media a. maxillaris a. carotis ext. • a. meningea post. a. pharyngea asc. a. carotis ext. • rr. meningei a. occipitalis, a. vertebralis • spinal cord • corresponds to spinal cord arteries
Dura mater – other supply • Veins: brain – corresponds to arterires spinal cord – plexus venosi vertebrales interni • Lymph: along veins to closest lypmh nodes !!! No lymphatic drainage in brain !!! • Nerves: brain • r. tentorii n. V1 • r. meningeus n. V2, V3, X, C1-C3(+ XII) spinal cord – rr. meningei nn. spinales
Spaces around dura mater • spatium epidurale • virtual space in brain • bleeding from aa. menigeae or disrupted venous sinuses • exsits around spinal cord (saccus d.m.) • spatium subdurale • virtual space in both • bleeding from bridging veins
Arachnoidea mater • spatium subarachnoideum – bleeding from Willis´s circle (often inborn aneurysmas) • liquor cerebrospinalis (CSF) • cisternae subarachniodeales • Virchow-Robin´s spaces • arachnoidea mater cranialis • granulationes arachnoideales Pacchioni (in foveolae granulares of calvaria) – resorption of CSF • arachnoidea mater spinalis
Cisternae subarachnoideales • c. cerebellomedullaris post. (= c. magna) • c. cerebellomedullaris lat. • c. fossae lateralis cerebri • c. chiasmatis • c. interpeduncularis • c. ambiens • c. pericallosa • c. pontocerebellaris • c. laminae terminalis • c. quadrigeminalis (= c. venae cerebri magnae) • c. lumbalis
Pia mater • pia mater cranialis • tela choroidea ventriculi IV., III • plexus choroideus ventriculi IV.,III. • plexus choroideus ventriculi lateralis + glomus choroideum • pia mater spinalis • lig. denticulatum • septum cervicale intermedium • pars pialis fili terminalis
Liquor cerebrospinalis(cerebrospinal fluid - CSF) • pellucid, yellowish, alkalic • plasma ions, little proteins and glucosis • 2-5 lymphocytes per 1mm3 • total amount 100-180 ml, ¼ in ventricles • daily production: 500 ml • puncture – lumbal L3-4, suboccipital • role of lymph in CNS
Brain ventricles • ventriculi laterales • ventriculus tertius • ventriculus quartus – communication with spatium subarachnoideum • ventriculus lumbalis (Krausei) false ventricles (no CSF !!!) • ventriculus quintus Arantii, Wenzeli, Vieussensi = cavum septi pellucidi (10%) • ventriculum sextus Vergae = cavum psalterii • between posterior 1/3 of truncus corporis callosi and commissura fornicis (psalterium), in case of their non-fusion
Ventriculus quartus • floor: fossa rhomboidea Arantii • ceiling (= tegmen) • vellum medullare sup. Willisi s.Vieussensi • fastigium • vellum medullare inf. • apertura mediana v.q. (= foramen Magendi) • obex (caudally) • recessus lateralis – apertura lateralis v.q. (= foramen Luschkae) – paired • aqueductus mesencephali Sylvii – communication to IIIrd ventricle
Ventriculus tertius • foramen interventriculare Monroi • apertura aqueductus mesencephali Vieussensi • taenia thalami + stria medullaris thalami • adhesio interthalamica (80%) • recessus: • suprapinealis • pinealis • supraopticus • infundibuli • triangularis
Ventriculus lateralis • paired • cornu frontale/anterius • pars centralis (atrium) • cornu occipitale/posterius (bulbus) – calcar avis, eminentia collateralis Meckeli • cornu temporale/inferius - hippocampus • stria terminalis • lamina affixa • taenia choroidea
Circumventricular organs missing HE barrier • area postrema • by trigonum n. X - vomitting • organum subfornicale • organum subcommissurale • organum vasculosum laminae terminalis • receptors for angiotensin II • secretion of hypothalamic products • recessus pinealis, suprapinealis, infundibuli • derivates of ependym in ventricles • 3 types of cells: ependymal, secretory, tanycytes
Brain arteries • circulus arteriosus Willisi • a. cerebri anterior, media, posterior cortical branches • a. communicans ant. (1) et post. (2) cortical branches • a. choroidea ant.(Willis), rr. posteriores (a. cerebri post.) • aa. centrales deep structures • anteromediales • anterolaterales (a. hemorrhagica Charcoti for putamen stroke) !!! • posteromediales • posterolaterales • aa. vertebrales • a. inferior posterior cerebelli • a. basilaris • a. inferior anterior cerebelli a. labyrinthi • aa. pontis, aa. mesencephalicae • a. superior cerebelli
Charcot´s artery/ies • aa. centrales anterolaterales • rr. laterales striati, „arterie lenticulostriatae“ • branches from Willis, M1 or a. choroidea anterior • supply to striatum, pallidum and capsula interna • lesion: contralateral hemiplegia
Recurrent artery of Heubner • branch from a. communicans anterior or A1/A2 segment of a. cerebri anterior • caput ncl. caudati, crus anterius capsulae internae, anterior part of nucleus lentiformis, thalamus, hypothalamus and olfactory brain • lesion: hemiplegia with faciobrachial predominance
Arteries of spinal cord • longituidnal: • a. spinalis ant. /unpaired, ventrally/ a.vertebralis • aa. spinales post. /4, dorsally/ a. inf. post. cerebelli a. basilaris • transverse: branches of various arteries rr. spinales aa. radiculares ant.+post. • aa. sulcomarginales + vasocoronae