User:Czepielk/Cingulum Project

Project Proposal for BI481 Introduction to Neuroscience - 17 September 2012

by Kathryn Czepiel, Ian Kates and Jennifer Goldberg

Topic: Cingulum (brain)
Project page: Cingulum (brain)

Points to Cover

 * Introduction
 * Function
 * Structure
 * Development
 * Associated conditions and disorders
 * Clinical research
 * References

Division of Work
Kathryn will work on function, general pain and phantom limb pain, and depression.

Ian will work on structure, clinical research, dementia and schizophrenia.

Jennifer will work on development and collaborate on topics of depression and dementia.

Resources of Information
Phantom limb pain and the possible connection with the cingulum.

The cingulum and depression.

The growing connection between damaged white matter (cingulum) and Alzheimer's.

Points to a contribution of central neural plasticity to the development of pathological pain after injuries that damage peripheral tissues and nerves.

Cingulum damage and its relation to Alzheimer's disease.

Apathy in Alzheimer's patients.

Cingulum and schizophrenia.

Analysis of cingulum structure.