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Biological Bases of Behavior Flashcards

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Type of conditions: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Scrapie, Deer wasting disease, Kuru, Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

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prion diseases

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Neurotransmitter implicated in concentration

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noradrenaline

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Neurotransmitter implicated in pleasure

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dopamine

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Neurotransmitter implicated in mood

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serotonin

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Neurotransmitter implicated in calming

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GABA

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Neurotransmitter implicated in learning, muscle control

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acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter implicated in memory

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glutamate

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Neurotransmitter implicated in eurphoria

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endorphins

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Class of neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, acetylcholine, histamine

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amines

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Class of neurotransmitters including dynorphins, endorphins

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opioid peptides

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Class of neurotransmitters including glutamate, GABA, aspartic acid

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amino acids

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Class of neurotransmitters including ACTH, GH, TH, prolactin

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Pituitary peptides

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Neurotransmitter associated with Alzheimer’s

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acetylcholine

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Neurotransmitter associated with depression, migraines, ADHD, anxiety

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serotonin

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Neurotransmitter associated with (high) schizophrenia and (low) parkinson’s

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dopamine

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Neurotransmitter associated with epileptic seizures

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GABA

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Neurotransmitter associated with migraine, stroke, autism

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glutamate

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18
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Posited that memory is stored in different regions of the brain

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Fuster

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Founder of neuroscience: neurology, anterior commissure, cerebellar peduncles, internal capsule, vagus nerve

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Thomas Willis

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Cells that aid and modulate neuron acitvity

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glial cells

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Association neurons, associate sensory and motor activity within CNS

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interneurons

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outermost layer of gray matter making up superficial aspect of cerebrum

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Cerebral cortex

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initiating activities, planning, holding critical info, changing mental set, monitoring effectiveness of actions, inhibition

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Prefrontal cortex

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multiple maps of body space, multisensory integration

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Parietal lobe

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star shaped, nutritive, transports substances through blood-brain barrier, regulate synaptic activity, regulate neurotransmitter concentrations, neurotransmitter reuptake after release,

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Astrocyte

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small, defensive function; become phagocytes during injury, infection, degeneration

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Microglial

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asymmetric, forms myelin around CNS axons

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Oligodendroglia

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asymmetric, wraps around peripheral nerves to form myelin

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Cation (positively charged) and anion (negatively charged); attract water

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Malfunction of ____ channel cause neurologic diseases; site of action for toxins/drugs

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beginning of 3rd trimester, new synaptic connections sprout followed by pruning

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Synaptogenesis

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Neuron fires with ___ state > ______ > _______

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Neuron fires with resting state > electrical charges > action potential

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electrical charge produced when ions move across membranes through gate channels and change separation

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action potential

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speeds up neural impulse

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part of axon not covered by myelin, tiny gaps, enables saltatory conduction

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Node of Ranvier

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Both genes and the environment affect brain development

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epigenesis

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________ are around ventricles; rapid proliferation; can generate copies of themselves which plays role in differentiated neurons and glial cells

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Proliferation zones

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How many layers are in the cortex

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Class of drugs to which PCP/angel dust belongs

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Phencyclidine

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Neurons providing basis for re-entrant connectivity

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Neurons form two-way pathways

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Two tenets of modern neuroscience

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Brain is organized into functionally specific areas

Neurons in different parts of nervous system are similar

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Name the 8 brain networks

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Arousal/wakefulness, attention, language, visuospatial, memory, executive, sensation/movement, emotion

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Injury where results in perseverative behavior, field-dependence, mental rigidity, flat affect

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Frontal lobe / Dorsolateral

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Injury where results in behaviorally and emotionally disinhibited: euphoria and rage, impulsive

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orbitofrontal frontal lobe

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Injury where results in akinesis (little initiation of movement/speech), apathy, blunting

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ventromedial frontal lobe

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scalp electrodes reveal brain rhythms such as gamma

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magnetic cortical activity; higher source localization than EEG

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slices – x-ray

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x-ray

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indirect measure, energy use

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indirect measure, energy use, glowing inject

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MRI technique that measure macroscopic axonal organization

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DTI - diffusion tensor imaging

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sleep wave - conscious mind, alertness, concentration, focus, 5 physical senses

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beta waves

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sleep wave - gateway to subconscious mind – deep relaxation, light meditation, creativity, learning

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alpha waves

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sleep wave - light sleep, REM dream state, deep meditation, intuition, memory and visual memory

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theta waves

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sleep wave - deep sleep, dreamless state, automatic self-healing, immune system function

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delta waves

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Color selective part of the eye

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Light selective part of the eye

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Pathway of “what” objects are

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Pathway of “where objects are

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Area for speech production

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Area for speech comprehension

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_________ lobe encodes information across sensory domains

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medial temporal lobe

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Decline in one or more areas of cognitive function, impacts ADLs

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o Defects in short-term memory
o Issues with problem-solving, language, calculations, visuospatial skills, mood, activity, sleep, appetite
o Begins in entorhinal cortex, hippocampus

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Alzheimer’s

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