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NT that activates motor neurons controlling skeletal muscles

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Acetylcholine

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NT that contributes to regulation of attention, arousal and memory

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Acetylcholine

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An agonist for Acetylcholine

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Nicotine

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An antagonist for Acetylcholine

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Curare

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Deterioration of ACh neurons is involved in what disease?

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Alzheimers Disease

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Acetylcholine is excitatory/inhibitory?

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excitatory

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Monamines include what 3 NT’s?

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dopamine, Norepinephrine, Serotonin

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NT that contributes to control of voluntary movement

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Dopamine

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NT that is involved with the reward system of the brain

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Dopamine

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Depletion of dopamine is involved with which disease?

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Parkinson’s Disease

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Cocaine, nicotine and amphetamines directly/indirectly lead to an increase of which NT by inhibiting reuptake?

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Dopamine

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NT involved in sleep and wakefulness, eating and aggression

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Serotonin

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Abnormal levels of this NT can produce depression and or OCD

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Serotonin

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14
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Is glutamate excitatory or inhibitory?

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excitatory

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What is the most common NT?

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Glutamate

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NT assumed to be involved with memory storage

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Glutamate

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NT with a key role in long term potentiation for learning

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Glutamate

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Is GABA inhibitory or excitatory?

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inhibitory

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NT plays a role in regulating neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system, acts to relax muscles (opp. of ACh)

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GABA

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most sedative, anti-anxiety drugs are designed to enhance the effects of which NT?

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GABA

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Agonists

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enhance receptor site activity, mimic action of a NT

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Antagonists…

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decrease receptor site activity

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example of agonist

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nicotine is an agonist for ACh

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example of antagonist

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schizophrenia drugs block dopamine receptors

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Spider Venom and Botulinum example

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spider venom causes ACh to be released

Botulinum inhibits ACh (major organs shut down)

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How does nicotine affect ACH

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mimics ACh, stimulates receptor molecules

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How does curare affect ACh?

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blocks receptor molecules, antagonist

28
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what composes the CNS?

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the brain and spinal cord

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what composes the PNS?

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nerves that lie outside the brain and spinal cord

30
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the 2 subdivisions of the PNS

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somatic and autonomic nervous system

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what is the somatic nervous system?

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nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and to sensory receptors

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In the somatic Nervous System what is the difference between Afferent and Efferent Nerve fibres?

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Afferent- Axons that carry info inward to the CNS from the body
Efferent- Axons that carry info outward from the CNS to the body

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What is the autonomic Nervous System?

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nerves that connect to the heart, blood vessels, muscles and glands

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What are the 2 divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?

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Sympathetic Division and Parasympathetic Division

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What are the responsibilities of the Sympathetic Division of the Autonomic Nervous System

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  • prepares us for action (for emergencies)

- slows digestive processes, increase heart rate, increase respiration, secretion of adrenal hormones

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What are the responsibilities of the Parasympathetic Division of the Autonomic Nervous System

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  • prepares us for relaxation
  • promotes digestion, slows heartbeat, lowers blood pressure
  • conserves bodily resources
  • uses hormones
37
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What is the pituitary gland?

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-“the master gland” that controls other bodily glands and is under control of the hypothalamus

38
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What are the adrenal glands?

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  • release epinephrine (adrenaline), and cortisol during physical and psychological stress
  • activated by sympathetic nervous system
39
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Sexual Reproductive Glands

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  • testes produce testosterone

- ovaries produce estrogen

40
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Hindbrain is composed of what 3 parts?

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Medulla, pons, reticular formation

41
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what is the medulla

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responsible for vegetative function, heartbeat and breathing

42
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What are the pons?

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  • connects medull and thalamus and brainstem with cerebellum

- sleep, arousal, and connects cerebellum with the brain stem

43
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What is the reticular formation

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  • thick bundle of fibres

- regulates sleep and wakefulness and modulates muscle reflexes, breathing and pain perception

44
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Where is the midbrain?

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between hindbrain and forebrain

45
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What is the midbrain?

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bundle of cells that has the highest concentration of dopamine

46
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Forebrain is composed of 4 important parts?

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thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system and cerebrum

47
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what is the thalamus?

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structure through which all sensory info (except smell) must pass to get to the cerebral cortex

48
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What is the hypothalamus?

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a structure involved in basic biological needs, link between the brain and the endocrine system

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What is the cerebrum?

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largest part of the brain including the cerebral cortex, the cerebral hemispheres and the corpus callosum

50
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What is the cerebral cortex?

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the convoluted outer layer of the cerebrum, folded to increase surface area

51
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What is the corpus callosum?

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  • a structure that connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres

- thick bundle of fibres

52
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What are the responsibilities of the right and left hemispheres?

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Left- handles verbal processing (language, speech, reading and writing), controls and receives info from right side of body
Right- handles non verbal processing (spatial, musical and visual), controls and receives info from the left side of the body

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What is EEG

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  • a device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp
  • can see what activity is happening under the electrode
  • overview of ELECTRIC activity in the brain
54
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What is a CT scan?

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  • computer enhanced x-ray of the brain structure
55
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What is ESB (electrical stimulation of the brain)?

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send a weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate (activate) it

56
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What is TMS

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technique (using a magnetic field) that permits scientists to temporarily enhance or depress activity in a specific area of the brain

57
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What is lesioning?

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destroying a piece of the brain

58
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What is a PET scan?

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-examine brain function, mapping actual activity in the brain over time

59
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What is a MRI?

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  • uses magnetic fields, radio waves and computer enhancement to map out brain structures
  • better than CT scan because the produce 3D images with high resolution
60
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What is fMRI?

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  • new variance of MRI that monitors blood flow and oxygen consumption in the brain to identify areas of high activity
  • better than PET scan because it is more precise
61
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Global slowing – a theory about age-related changes in cognition – states that neural transmission is slower in old than young brains. What factors might be contributiong to this slowing?

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loss of myelin sheath on neurons that allow for impulses to travel more quickly down the axon

62
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If you had access to a fMRI machine (as opposed to another kind of brain imaging machine), what would you be able to study?

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you can monitor blood flow and oxygen consumption in the brain to identify areas of high activity when certain stimulus is presented

63
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What device/method/equipment would you use if you want to learn about the brain events which occur within 300 ms of hearing a surprising sound?

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ERP (gives you precise time but not location) whereas fMRI is precise with location but not time

64
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A patient presents with problems in language comprehension (s/he is able to speak fluently & clearly). Which area of the brain is likely to have been damaged?

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The left hemisphere is likely to have been damaged

65
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What behavioral change will you likely see if as a result of a tumor, a persons amygdalae are damaged?

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They would experience loss of emotion

66
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What contribution is made by the cerebellum when driving a car?

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it coordinates the muscle movement needed to steer, push the gas and brake and eye movement to see upcoming obstacles

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