Mapping the Cortex To be human more does

Mapping the Cortex To be human, more does matter

Brains of Mammals More cortical surface area KW 2 -2

Hemispheres Two brains in one

Lobes Based on skull bones

Phrenology Franz Gall

Broca’s discovery • Neuorologist working in Paris in 1860’s • Patient called “Tan” • Understood commands • Couldn’t speak • After Tan’s death, Broca found area of damage in frontal lobe

Tan’s Brain • Broca presented case study on Tan in 1862

Korbinian Brodmann • 1868 -1918 • Neurologist • Research suggested by Alois Alzheimer • Mapped the cell structure of the brain • 52 discrete areas • First complete and accurate map (1909)

Brodmann Areas of Cortex Kw 2 -21 Numbered areas to changes in cell structure

Wilder Penfield: A pioneer in neurosurgery Temporal lobe epilepsy First studies of living, reacting brain Penfield’s Neurosurgery

Motor and Sensory Cortex One of Penfield’s Note difference in cell structure: discoveries Brodmann maps Motor and Sensory strips KW 2 -22

Motor and Sensory Strips Homunculus

Sensory strip contains • Skin Sensations – pressure – warmth – cold – pain

Also on sensory strip are • Kinesthesis – the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts • Vestibular Sense – the sense of body movement and position – including the sense of balance

Motor and Sensory Strips Homunculus

Contralateral Control KW 2 -32

Sensory and Motor Strips • Contralateral control • Amount of cortex related to abilities not size of body area • Sensory and motor side by side

Visual Areas KW 8 -17

Visual cortex responds • Functional MRI scan of the visual cortex activated by light shown in the subject’s eyes`

Auditory Areas KW 9 -12

Broca’s area Broca’s located next to motor strip area for face (light blue) Broca’s area KW 9 -17

Carl Wernicke • • 1848 -1904 Born in Poland Educated in Germany Psychiatry and neurology • Studies on receptive aphasia in 1874 • Wernicke’s area in temporal lobe

Wernicke’s area • Patient unable to comprehend commands • Able to speak but speech lacked meaning • Wernicke’s area next to auditory area on temporal lobe

Thought to Spoken Word KW 9 -17

Prefrontal Lobes Frontal lobes Area just behind the forehead

Prefrontal Cortex KW 11 -16

Prefrontal Cortex and Limbic System KW 11 -15

Limbic and Frontal Lobes Limbic system and fontal lobes interact to control behavior KW 11 -15

Egas Moniz • 1875 -1955 • Portuguese neurologist and politician • Developed angiogram to visualize blood supply to brain • Frontal lobe surgery • Nobel prize in 1949

Lobotomy • First lobotomy in US preformed in 1937 by Walter Freeman • Calming effect • Less anxious • Lack of care and concern • Loss of motivation KW 11 -24

Phineas Gage

Gage’s rock drilling

Gage Recreated • New imaging techniques allow us to see how rod passed through Gage’s frontal lobes. KW 1 -5

Visiting Gage Site For directions, visit Gage website at www. hbs. deakin. edu. au/gagepage/pgage. htm

PET Scanner KW 9 -20

PET Scan Images KW 9 -21

That’s all folks.