Animal Physiology Exam 1 Flashcards

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Animal physiology

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the integrated study of how biological systems work; integrates multiple disciplines like evolution, chemistry, physics ect…

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What are the levels of biological organization? (bottom to top)

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atoms, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ system, organism

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What’s at the core of the anatomical physiological wheel?

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nervous/endocrine

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4
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What surrounds the anatomical physiological wheel (connects everything)?

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bloodstream

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5
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What are the two main questions of animal physiology?

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(1) What is the mechanism by which a function is accomplished?
(2) What is the origin of that function?

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Mechanism

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components of living organisms that enable animals to perform

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Origin

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The evolutionary processes that conspired to produce a mechanism. The evolutionary significance of mechanisms

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What is the key process of evolutionary origin?

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natural selection

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natural selection

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increase in frequency of genes that increase fitness

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adaption

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traits (or physiological mechanisms) that are products of evolution by natural selection

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What are the modes of natural selection?

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1) directional selection
2) stabilizing selection
3) disruptive selection

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Directional selection

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selection favors 1 extreme of phenotype in a population

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Stabilizing selection

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extremes aren’t viable, so favors the intermediate

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Disruptive selection

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intermediate phenotype is not favored, but the extremes are; two phenotypes have high fitness; bimodal

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15
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Individuals don’t experience what in their life-time? What does?

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evolution; populations

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16
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What indicates mode of natural selection?

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changes in mean and/or standard deviation

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17
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Thermal conformity

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both internal temp and external temp change 1:1

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18
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Conformer benefits

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energy efficient

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19
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Conformer costs

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death & limited viable habitats

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20
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Regulators

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able to maintain internal conditions despite change in external conditions

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21
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Regulators benefits

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can inhabit many places

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22
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Regulators costs

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takes a lot of energy

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23
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Claude Bernard

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  • Physiological regulation implies that function occurs best over a specified range of conditions
  • 1st to recognize the stability of conditions humans maintain in their blood
  • studied blood glucose
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24
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Walter Cannon

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  • “internal constancy”
  • regulatory mechanisms exist to maintain internal stability
  • AKA homeostasis
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25
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What were Walter Cannons three postulates?

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1) Nervous system preserves the normal conditioning of the body
2) Tonic activity (continuous) of a system can be modulated up & down
3) There are factors that have opposing effects = antagonistic controls

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26
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Hormone

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endocrine system

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27
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Nerves

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nervous system

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28
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Hormones & nerves are apart of what?

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long-distance response loop

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29
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Negative feedback loop

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An upstream product or signal of a pathway inhibits an earlier step in that same pathway

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Positive feedback

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an upstream stimulus amplifies an initial response
e.g. Oxytocin & birth

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31
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Physiological timescales

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timeframes in which physiology changes

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32
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Responses to external environment

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Acute, chronic, evolutionary

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33
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Changes in individuals

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acute, chronic

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34
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Changes in populations

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evolutionary

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35
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Chronic

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phenotypic plasticity (acclimation); usually reversible; On a graph = elevation on the y-axis (differences between two lines)

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36
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Acute response on a graph

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the slope

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37
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Evolutionary

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  • changes in populations & across generations
  • adaptation
  • irreversible change in genotype & phenotype
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38
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Physical properties are linked to what?

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function

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39
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Chemical laws govern what?

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molecular interactions

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40
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Electrical laws describe what?

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membrane function

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41
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Body size influences what?

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biochemical and physical patterns

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42
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Many traits scale in a systematic way with what?

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body size
e.g. bigger animal = longer gestation

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Isometric growth

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  • proportions remain constant
  • each dimension is scaled up or down by same amount
  • grow 1:1 fashion
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44
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Allometric growth

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  • changes in body proportions with changes in body size
  • different rates of growth of different parts
  • The proportions vary depending on the rates at which SA, Volume, & other physical parameters change with size
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45
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Size impacts what?

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SA:V, thermoregulation, respiration, bone & muscle structure, water balance

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46
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As size gets bigger, the SA:V ratio what?

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decreases

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47
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Higher SA:V ratio means what?

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exchange occurs quickly compared to small SA:V

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48
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What constrains organisms to certain environments?

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SA:V

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49
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What is the allometric equation?

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Y = aX^b

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50
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What tells us if its isometric or allometric growth?

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b = scaling exponent

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51
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If b = 1

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isometric

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52
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If b < 1

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negative allometry (less than isometric expectation)

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53
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If b > 1

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positive allometry (more than isometric expectation)

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54
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The scaling exponent (b) is only true when what?

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comparing like dimensions
e.g. length to length

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55
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Isometry of head length vs body length

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m1/m1, so b = 1/1 = 1

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56
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Isometry of head length vs body mass

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m1/m3, so b = 1/3 = .33

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57
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Isometry of surface area vs body mass

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m2/m3, so b = 2/3 = .67

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58
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scaling

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the structural and functional consequences of changes in size of otherwise similar organisms

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59
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As SA increases, volume increases by what?

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2/3 of SA (i.e. volume increases less rapidly)

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60
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Smaller objects have what relative to their volumes compared to larger objects?

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larger SA

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61
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Volume increase more rapidly than does SA, so what?

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SA:V decreases

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62
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Small differences on a log-log plot translate into what?

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large differences when plotted arithmetically

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63
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By plotting on a log-scale, we can assess what 2 important aspects of the scaling relationship?

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1) slope (b) = rate of change in trait relative to body size
2) proportionality coefficient (a) = y-intercept

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64
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An order of magnitude increase on the arithmetic scale represents what?

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an increase of one unit on the log-scale

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65
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Kleiber’s law

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metabolic rate scales to the 3/4 power of body mass; varies with scale of study (individual vs across species)

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66
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What systems integrate and coordinate all other functional systems?

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Nervous & endocrine

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67
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Basic unit of the Nervous system?

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Neuron

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68
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Nerves are bundles of what?

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neuron axons

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69
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Neurons and their support (glial) cells make up what?

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Nervous system

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70
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How is information sent over long distances in the body?

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Neurons and Endocrine cell

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71
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How does a neuron work?

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signal - action potential along axon - release chemical (NT) into synaptic cleft/gap - NT binds receptors -response

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72
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How do endocrine cells work?

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Synthesizes and secretes chemicals (hormones) into the bloodstream - travels to target - response

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73
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Response loop

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stimulus - receptor - afferent pathway (sensory) - integrating center (CNS) - efferent pathway (motor) - effector - response

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74
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Functional classes of neurons

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sensory (afferent) neurons, interneurons, motor (efferent) neurons

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Neuroglia

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glial cells

76
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Neuroglia (glial cells) do what?

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protect neurons & help them function
- insulate neurons from one another
- supportive framework
- involved in impulse transmission (communication)

77
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What are the types of glial cells? Their locations?

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CNS: oligodendrocytes, astrocytes
PNS: schwann cells

78
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Oligodendrocytes

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  • CNS
  • forms myelin sheath around axons
  • insulates nerve fibers from extracellular fluid
  • speeds up signal conduction
79
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Astrocytes

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  • CNS
  • most abundant glial cells
  • supportive framework for nervous tissue
  • regulate blood flow in brain
  • regulate nerve growth
80
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Schwann cells

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  • PNS
  • surround axons of neurons (myelin sheath)
  • entire cell wraps around axon - not just arms
81
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Excitable cells

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can change membrane potential

82
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Resting membrane potential (RMP)

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  • about -70mV
  • the “unexcited” state
  • differs in voltage across the membrane
  • membrane potentials first demonstrated in axons of the giant squid
83
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Voltage

A

difference in charge

84
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voltmeter

A

measures voltage

85
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Reference electrode of the voltmeter is always what?

A

in extracellular fluid

86
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What generates membrane potential?

A

selective permeability to ions

87
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The intracellular fluid has what in respect to ion concentration?

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High: K+ & A-
Low: Na+ & Cl-

88
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The extracellular fluid has what in respect to ion concentration?

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High: Na+ & Cl-
Low: K+ & A-

89
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A- is what?

A

non-permeable anions

90
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What helps maintain the concentrations of major ions?

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active transport
e.g. Na+/K+ ATPase pump

91
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What generates resting membrane potential?

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1) Na+/K+ gradients
2) differential permeability (K+ moves faster)
3) Na-K ATPase pump moves ions against their gradients

92
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Voltage declines with what?

A

distance

93
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Why does voltage decline with distance?

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leaky channels get rid of Na+

94
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What are the changes in Vm in response to a stimulus?

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RMP - depolarization - repolarization - hyperpolarization - RMP

95
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Graded potentials

A
  • local potentials
  • provided by stimulus on dendrites or cell body
  • amplitude proportional to stimulus strength
96
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What determines whether a graded potential is weak or strong?

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1) # of ion channels
2) distance current spreads
3) Threshold

97
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Excitatory electrical charge

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stimulus opens Na+ channels (depolarization)

98
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Inhibitory electrical charge

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stimulus opens Cl- (influx) or K+ (efflux) channels (hyperpolarization)

99
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Action potentials

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1) all or none
2) produced by graded potentials
3) always excitatory (depolarization)
4) propagates over long distances without decreasing in amplitude

100
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What opens at threshold?

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Voltage Na channels open

101
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What opens at the peak of an action potential? what closes?

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Open: K+ channels
Close: Na+ channels

102
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What about K+ channels makes an action potential possible?

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K+ channels are slow to open (why depolarization); they are also slow to close (why hyperpolarization)

103
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What are the refractory period phases?

A

absolute & relative

104
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absolute refractory phase

A

No action potential can be produced

105
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relative refractory phase

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Action potential can be produced but not “easily”

106
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Conduction velocity depends on what?

A

axon diameter, myelination, temperature

107
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Myelinated axons conduct what?

A

faster

108
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Warmer neurons conduct what?

A

faster

109
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Axons with increased diameters conduct what?

A

faster

110
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Myelin sheath does what?

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prevents ion leakage maintaining an action potential more efficiently

111
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Synaptic transmission can be what? or what?

A

electric or chemical

112
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Electrical synapse

A
  • very rapid response
  • electrical coupling of cells joined by gap junction
113
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Chemical synapse

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  • takes longer
  • must release a secondary messenger
114
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Ionotropic receptor

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  • single molecule constitutes both the receptor and ion channel
  • the receptor directly alters permeability to ions in post-synaptic cell
115
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Metabotropic receptors

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  • trigger a signaling cascade of secondary messengers
  • has a relatively slow, long lasting effects on synaptic processes
116
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Excitatory post-synaptic potential

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causes depolarization and repolarization

117
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Inhibitory post-synaptic potential

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causes hyperpolarization (makes AP generation harder)

118
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Excitatory post-synaptic potential (EPSP)

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  • Na+ channels open (depolarization)
  • NT = Ach or glutamate
119
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Inhibitory post-synaptic potential (IPSP)

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  • Cl (influx) or K+ (efflux) channels open (hyperpolarization)
  • NT = Gaba or glycine
120
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What limits the graded potentials?

A

number of receptors & amount of NT released

121
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EPSP summation

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adding up post-synaptic potentials & responding to their net effect

122
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Temporal summation

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sends action potentials at high frequency; they add up and result in a new action potential

123
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Spatial summation

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involves more than 1 pre-synaptic cell interacting with one post-synaptic cell

124
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Neurotransmitters

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chemical messengers released by a nerve signal into synaptic cleft that bind to receptor on another cell & alters that cells physiology

125
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Neurotransmitter categories

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1) amines
2) amino acids
3) neuropeptides

126
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Amines

A
  • e.g. Ach, epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, histamine
127
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Acetylcholine (Ach)

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  • found in neuromuscular junctions and most synapses of the autonomic nervous system
  • Excites skeletal muscle - EPSP (ionotropic)
  • inhibits cardiac muscle - IPSP (metabotropic)
128
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Amino acids

A

e.g. GABA, glutamate, glycine

129
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GABA

A

IPSP (ionotropic)

130
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Glutamate

A

EPSP (ionotropic)

131
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Glycine

A

IPSP (ionotropic)

132
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Neuropeptides

A

small chains of AA; Metabotropic

133
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What works together (antagonistically) to control overall level of brain excitation?

A

GABA (IPSP) & Glutamate (EPSP)

134
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An imbalance of GABA & Glutamate can be found where?

A

autism spectrum & anxiety disorders

135
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Alcohol potentiates sedentary effects of what?

A

GABA
- increases GABA/glutamate ratio
- Sensations of relaxation and, at later stages, loss of control

136
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Synaptic plasticity

A

synaptic properties change with time and activity

137
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Presynaptic synaptic plasticity

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changing rate of NT synthesis, storage, and release

138
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Postsynaptic synaptic plasticity

A

sensitivity to NT can be increased or decreased under different circumstances

139
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synaptic plasticity is thought to be a mechanism of what?

A

how neurons system function changes over time
- memory & learning

140
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Synaptic potentials are what?

A

short-lived

141
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Synaptic strength

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amplitude of postsynaptic potential in response to pre-synaptic action potential

142
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Facilitation “sensitive”

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successive PSPs increase in amplitude in response to repeated pre-synaptic action potentials

143
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Anti-facilitation

A

successive PSPs in a series decrease in amplitude

144
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Facilitation is pronounced after what?

A

Tetonic stimulation of pre-synaptic neurons

145
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posttetanic potentiation

A

extended enhancement of synaptic response

146
Q

What regions of the brain are associated with memory & learning?

A

hippocampus & cerebral cortex

147
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Habituation

A

decrease in intensity of reflex response to stimulus

148
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Sensitation

A

prolonged enhancement of reflex response to stimulus

149
Q

long-term potentiation in hippocampus

A

tetonic stimulation - long-term potentiation
- more channels = greater response

150
Q

Chemical signals act over what in the body?

A

short & long distances

151
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Types of signals in the body that travel short and long distances

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  • neuron: pre-synaptic to post-synaptic
  • non-neural endocrine cell
  • neurosecretory cell
  • local paracrine & autocrine signals
152
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What are the three chemical classes of hormone?

A

1) steroid hormones
2) peptide (protein) hormones
3) amine hormones

153
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Steroid hormones

A
  • synthesized from cholesterol
  • sex hormones, stress hormone/metabolic hormones
  • secreted by gonads, adrenal cortex, skin & placenta
  • In anthropods: molting hormones
  • lipid soluble
  • receptors located inside target cells
154
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Peptide hormones

A
  • structured from chains of amino acids
  • in verts: antidiuretic hormone, insulin & growth hormone
  • In inverts: gamete-shedding hormone (sea stars), diuretic hormone (insects)
  • vary enormously in molecular size
  • water soluble
  • receptors located on surface of target cell
155
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Amine hormones

A
  • modified amino acids
  • catecholamines (Tyrosin derivative): NE, epi, dopamine
  • Iodothyronines (Tyrosin derivative): T3, T4 = thyroid hormones
  • Melatonin (Tryptophan derivative)
  • Melatonin and catecholamines = water soluble
  • Iodothyronines = lipid soluble
156
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Hormones produce what?

A

biochemical changes in target cells

157
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What are the 3 receptor types that mediate hormone action?

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1) intracellular receptors
2) G-protein coupled membrane receptors
3) enzyme linked membrane receptors

158
Q

Lipid-soluble hormones bind to what?

A

intracellular receptors

159
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Lipid soluble hormones and their receptors act as what?

A

transcription factors

160
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Steroids & Iodothyronines (lipid soluble hormones) do what?

A

interact directly with a cell’s DNA to alter gene expression
- directly influences protein synthesis of target cell
- process takes time

161
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Water-soluble hormones (peptides & catecholamines) bind to what?

A

membrane receptors

162
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Water-soluble hormones do what?

A

mediate hormone action by changing membrane permeability or by activating secondary messengers via G-proteins

163
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What are the 2 major controls of hormone secretion?

A

1) neuron control of secretion by neurosecretory cells
2) neurosecretory control of secretion by endocrine cells

164
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Anterior pituitary

A

endocrine tissue; non-neural endocrine cell

165
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Posterior pituitary

A

continues with hypothalamus (nervous tissue); neurosecretory cell

166
Q

In mammals, what two hormones are released in the posterior pituitary gland?

A

oxytocin, vasopressin

167
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Anterior pituitary and neurosecretory control of secretion by what?

A

endocrine cells

168
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What are the two groups hormones are categorized into?

A

1) influence non-endocrine tissues
2) influence endocrine tissues (tropins) = tropic hormones

169
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Hypothalamus-anterior pituitary-thyroid axis

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TRH - TSH - thyroid hormone

170
Q

HPA

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Hypothalamus- pituitary- adrenal cortex

171
Q

Glucocorticoids

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  • steroid hormones
  • secreted by adrenal cortex
  • cortisone, cortisol, corticosterone
172
Q

What activates the release of glucocorticoids?

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stressful or challenging conditions

173
Q

What allows a generalized response to challenging/stressful conditions?

A

adaptation

174
Q

Stressors

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wounding, thermal extremes, forced vigorous exercise, social conditions

175
Q

What occurs during early phases of stress response?

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  • low levels of catecholamines and CORT
  • immune function enhanced
  • immune response often causes inflammation
176
Q

What occurs at higher concentration of CORT?

A
  • has anti-inflammatory effects
  • helps keep immune system in check
177
Q

What can chronic stress cause?

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  • catabolic actions can cause muscle wasting & bone thinning
  • suppression of immune system - increased susceptibility to infections & disease
  • suppresses reproductive functions
  • permanent alteration of GC receptors in brain (PTSD)
178
Q

Because glucocorticoids are involved in the stress response, baseline levels of what have been used as an index of stress?

A

circulating CORT

179
Q

Core of the CORT-fitness hypothesis

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higher baseline levels of CORT interpreted as an individual or population in worse condition (lower relative fitness) than those with lower levels of CORT

180
Q

Provisioning what is more stressful and requires more energy?

A

more or larger babies

181
Q

What are the 2 central ideas of the cort-fitness hypothesis?

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1) Baseline cort increases with increasinnng environmental challenge (stress)
2) Fitness should decline with increasing environmental stress

182
Q

Density triggers what that increases adaptive offspring growth in a wild mammal?

A

maternal hormones

183
Q

Early stress can what?

A

re-program the HPA axis and alter the efficacy of the stress feedback loop (less efficient)

184
Q

Alteration of gene expression

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epigenetics

185
Q

What is a common observed neuroendocrine symptom of depression?

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dysregulation of the HPA axis