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5. Sleep and Wakefulness Flashcards

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1
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What is sleep?

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  • natural mandatory cyclic behavioural state
  • Low-No awareness, low-no arousal
  • Self-regulated and easily reversible to wakefulness
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Name different levels of wakefulness…

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Maximal alertness  wakefulness  sleep  coma

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Name characteristics of REM sleep…

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  • rapid eye movement
  • muscle twitches
  • dreams common
  • penile erection common
  • fluctuating vital signs
  • ## decreased muscle tone
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EEG: compare REM with NREM sleep.

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REM: low voltage, beta waves
NREM: spindles, v-waves, k-complexes, slow waves
theta, delta waves

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5
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Name characteristics of NREM sleep.

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  • slow eye movement
  • muscle relaxation
  • stable vital signs
  • some tone in postural muscle
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Adults: percentage REM/NREM sleep

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REM 25%

NREM 75%

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7
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Children: percentage REM/NREM sleep

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REM 50%

NREM 50%

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8
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Compare the different sleep stages re. different kinds of waves

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wakefulness: alpha, beta waves
REM: beta rhythms
Stage I: theta rhythms
Stage II: sleep spindle, k-complex
Stage III: delta
Stage IV: delta rhythms
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Why do we need sleep?

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  • Every vertebrate animal sleeps
  • Slow wave (NREM) vs rapid wave sleep (REM) Slow wave sleep (NREM): allows the brain to rest
  • Learning & memory
  • Brain development
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NREM sleep: functions

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  • Reduction in metabolism and blood flow (75%)
  • Brain is at rest
  • Oxidative stress
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REM sleep: functions

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  • High frequency waves
  • Intense physiological activation
  • Amount of REM sleep decreases over time (brain development; learning and memory)
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12
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Long term memory can be divided into…

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declarative knowledge

nondeclarative knowledge

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Name two types of declarative knowledge.

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EPISODIC: remembering first day at school
SEMANTIC: knowing capital of france

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Name three types of nondeclarative knowledge.

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SKILL LEARNING: knowing how to cycle
PRIMING: being more likely to use a word you’ve recently heard
CONDITIONING: salivating when you smell favourite food

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Episodic and semantic knowledge is stored in…

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the cortex

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16
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Skill-learning knowledge is stored in …

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  • basal ganglia
  • cerebellum
  • motor cortex
17
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Priming knowledge is stored in…

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CORTEX

18
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Conditioning knowledge is stored in…

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the CEREBELLUM

19
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Nissen et al. 2006

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Mirror-tracing task

Less improvement in insomniacs

20
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How is sleep regulated?

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homeostatic regulation

21
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Degradation of adenosine happens mainly during ________ sleep.

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NREM

22
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Sleep/waking regulation can be described as a ______________.

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flip-flop circuit

23
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Describe the sleep-waking flip-flop circuit.

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FLIPFLOP ON:
- arousal centres active
- VLPA inhibited
= alert waking state

FLIPFLOP OFF:
- arousal centres inhibited
- VLPA activated
= slow-wave sleep

24
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Sleep/waking Flipflop: where are the arousal centres located?

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  • brainstem

- forebrain

25
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Sleep/waking Flipflop: what is activated by the arousal centres?

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Production & secretion of… NASH

  • Norepinephrine
  • Acetylcholine
  • Serotonin
  • Histamine
26
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Why do we grow tired?

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prolonged wakefulness –> prolonged metabolic activity of neuron in brain

–> accumulation of adenosine –> activates VLPA –> arousal centres inhibited

  • -> decrease in NASH
  • -> tiredness, need for sleep
27
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What role do hunger/satiety signals play in the sleep/wake circuit?

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hunger –> activates LH in orexinergic neurons –> activates arousal centres

satiety –> inhibits LH –> arousal centres not activated

28
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Short term effects of caffeine on the physiology?

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Increase: heartrate, neuronal activity
Decrease: sleepiness, vasodilation

29
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How does caffeine prevent us from being sleepy?

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  • competes with adenosine at cell receptor
  • when caffeine reaches receptor, adenosine can not be activated
  • -> no sleepy signal to body
30
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Name the three main criteria of Caffeine Use Disorder.

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(1) a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to control caffeine use;
(2) continued caffeine use, despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by caffeine;
(3) withdrawal

31
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name 4 types of adenosine receptors.

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Adenosine A1 receptor
Adenosine A2A receptor
Adenosine A2B receptor
Adenosine A3 receptor

32
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where is the Adenosine A1 receptor localized?

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broad distribution

high in

  • nerves
  • adipose tissue
  • heart
  • kidney
33
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where is the Adenosine A2A receptor localized?

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broad distribution

very high in:
- basal ganglia

high in:

  • nerves
  • blood vessels
  • immune cells
34
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where is the Adenosine A2B receptor localized?

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broad distribution

low abundance

35
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where is the Adenosine A3 receptor localized?

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restricted distribution, varying across species

- high in mast cells

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