Concepts of Psychobiology and Psychopathology
Concepts of Psychobiology and Psychopathology
Concepts of Psychobiology and Psychopathology
AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ANATOMY
• MOTOR CONTROL
• Situated just below the occipital lobes of the
cerebrum
• Cognitive functions – attention and language
• Integrates the inputs of fine –tine motor
activity
DOPAMINE TRANSMISSION
MESOLIMBIC PATHWAY
• Implicated in schizophrenia
MESOCORTICAL PATHWAY
• Parkinsons disease
TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR PATHWAY
• Relaxation progresses
• Stage lasts to 10 - 20 minutes
• Fragments of dreams may be experienced
STAGE 3- STAGE OF MODERATELY
DEEP SLEEP
• Duration is 20 minutes
STAGE 4 – STAGE OF DEEP SLEEP