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What part of the limbic system is associated with memory storage of emotions?

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Hippocampus

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What part of the limbic system is associated with deep emotions and fear?

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Amygdala

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What part of the limbic system is associated with sensory data processing?

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Anterior thalamic nuclei

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What part of the brain is the control center for the ANS and survival function?

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Hypothalamus

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What part of the brain is responsible for motor movements, coordination and balance?

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Cerebellum

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What part of the brain is responsible for regulation of the cycle of sleep and wakefulness?

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Reticular activating system (RAS)

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What part does the pituitary receive info from?

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Hypothalamus

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What is the order of activation during fight flight response?

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Thalamus, amydala to hippocampus to hypothalamus, hypothalmus-pituitary axis.

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What part of the brain receives sensory information?

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Anterior parietal lobe

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What part of the brain processes motor neuron info

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Posterior frontal lobes

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What are association neurons

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Make connection between sensory and motor neurons

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What is the chain of events of action potentials (nerve impulses ) called ?

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Depolarization

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What two terms define the process of making a brainwave

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EPSP (excitatory post synaptic potential) IPSP (inhibitory post synaptic potential)

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Are brainwaves a direct measurement of action potentials?

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No they are the byproduct of EPSP’s and IPSP’s.

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How does Prozac,Paxil and Zoloft work?

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By plugging the channels to allow serotonin to stay in the synapse

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What supplements should not be taken with SSRI’s

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St. John’s wart or 5-HTP

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What does rCBF stand for

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Regional cerebral blood flow

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What area of the brain may have decreases activity in someone with depression?

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Left frontal cortex

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Which hemisphere is often the dominant hemisphere?

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Left hemisphere

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What part of the brain may have an increase in activist ion in someone with anxiety

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Rt anterior prefrontal cortex and right parietal lobe

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What side does language reside on?

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Left hemisphere

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TBI on right may cause what symptoms?

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Personality changes, visiospatial organization issues, temper,impulsivity and poor organization.

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TBI On the left may cause what symptoms?

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Language problems, lack of spontaneous speech, difficulty retrieving words, aphasia,par aphasia, agraphia, alexia, and or problems with with logic, math and judgement.

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With regards to the 10/20 system what side are odd numbers in?

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Left

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10/20 system what does F sat and for?
Frontal lobes
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In 10/20 system what does Fp stand for?
Frontal poles
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In 10/20 system what does T stand for?
temporal lobes
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In 10/20 system that does O stand for
Occipital lobe
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In 10/20 system what does p stand for
Parietal lobes
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In 10/20 system what does c stand for?
Central and sensorimotor cortex
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In 10/20 system what does z stand for?
The centerline that separated left and right hemispheres.
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What does vertex stand for In the 10/20 system?
Central position (cz) (PZ and fz)
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In 10/20 system what does dorsal stand for?
Towards the top of the head.
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In 10/20 system what does ventral stand for?
Toward the bottom of the head.
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What is a fissure?
Long deep groove in the cerebral cortex
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What is a gyrus?
The wall or elevated ridge on each side of a deep groove.
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What is the gyrus called that separates the rt and left hemisphere?
Cingulate gyrus
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What gyrus is considered the cortical part of the limbic system?
Cingulate gyrus
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What are shorter grooves called?
Sulcus
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What are the grooves called on the prefrontal lobes?
Orbital gyrus
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What gyrus separates the temporal and parietal lobe?
Angular gyrus
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What creates the dividing line between the sensorimotor cortex (c) and motor cortex thst extends from the left later sulcus to the right lateral sulcus?
The central fissure
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What forms the superior boundary of the temporal lobes?
Lateral sulcus
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fpz
Anterior ventral medial (prefrontal cortex)
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Fz
Anterior dorsal medial (prefrontal cortex)
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Cz
Central dorsal medial ( somatosensory/ motor cortex)
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PZ
Posterior dorsal medial (parietal lobe)
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Oz
Posterior ventral medial ( occipital lobe)
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Fp1
Anterior ventral left (orbital gyrus)
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Fp2
Anterior ventral lateral right (orbital gyrus)
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F3
Anterior dorsal lateral left
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F4
Anterior dorsal right lateral
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F7
Anterior lateral left
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F8
Anterior lateral right
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Broca's area
F7/t3
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Wernickes area
Posterior superior temporal lobe on the left
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Auditory cortices
LH: C3/T3; RH: C4/T4
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Parietal-occipital
P3/o1 and p4/o2
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Temporo-parieto-occipito
T5/p3/O1 and T4/P4/O1
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What divides the frontal and parietal lobes?
Sensorimotor cortex c3-cz-c4
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What lobe is the sensorimotor cortex in?
Parietal
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What lobe is the motor cortex in?
Frontal
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Where is the pre motor cortex in relation to the primary motor cortex?
Anterior
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What ate the key functions of the frontal lobe?
Attention, memory, social awareness,character,motivation planning,prefrontal lobes have connections leadin to amydala (fear). EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
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In ODD where may it show up on EEG?
Slowing in the prefrontal cortex fp1/fp2
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If someone has a lot of fear and anxiety where might a sensor be placed?
Right prefrontal cortex to creates calm
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What is the function of the parietal lobe?
Math, naming objects, complex grammar, spatial awareness
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What has the parietal lobe been labeled?
Association cortex
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If geometry an issue which side of the parietal lobe?
Right Bec of spatial awareness
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Problem solving for math is addressed by what lobe?
Parietal
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Working memory is addressed by what lobe?
Frontal
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Knowing the difference between right and left is what lobe?and which side?
Right Parietal
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What part of the brain is damaged if someone can't attend to multiple objects at once ...balints syndrome
Posterior parietal
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What part is the "where" part?
Right parietal
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What are function of the temporal lobe?
Verbal memories, word recognition, reading, language, emotion. RH music, facial recognition, social cues, object recognition, proximity to amydala and hippocampus
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If damage is on left temporal lobe what may be affected?
Verbal memory for longer passages. May cause conversation difficulty
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Lesion to right temporal lobe may cause what?
Inability to recognize intricate melodies.
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What part of the brain houses the auditory cortex?
Temporal lobe
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What part of the brain is critical to memory making process? Especially verbal
Temporal
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What part of the brain of the brain activates short term memory? With regards to numbers
Left parietal
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What part of the brain is involved with Spacial or visual short term memory?
Right parietal
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Left temporal lobe functions
Reading,learning, memory,positive mood
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Right temporal lobes associated with
Music, facial recognition,anxiety, sense of direction
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Occipital lobe functions
Visual field, locate objects in environment, see colors, recognize drawings, reading, writing, spelling all because of visual field.
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Where are visual flashbacks processed?
Occipital lobe
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What is visual agnosia?
Inability to perceive and dare complete objects
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What is simultaneous agnosia?
Inability to see multiple objects at the same time
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Sensory and motor cortex (sensorimotor cortex)
Motor and sensory lol
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What. Ay damage to the RH portion of somatosensory cortex cause?
Compromised reasoning/decision making and emotional feelings, also disrupt that process of bodily signals
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What is 1hertz stand for?
One cycle per second
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What is a microvolt?
Amplitude or height of the wave
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What is the bandwidth for delta?
1-4hz
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What is the bandwidth for theta?
4-8hz
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What is the bandwidth for alpha?
8-12hz
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What is the bandwidth for beta?
13-21hz
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What is the bandwidth for smr?
12-15hz
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What is the ban with for high beta?
20-32hz
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What is the bandwidth for gamma?
38-42hz
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During training what are we trying to change?
Amplitude
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Where should the reference sensor be placed?
On the same hemisphere as the active sensor
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What is a mono polar referential montage
Mounting one active electrode to the scalp
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What is a bipolar sequential montage
Mounting both the reference and the active sensor to the scalp
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What is disadvantage of mono polar montage
Artifacts
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What is common mode rejection
The process of rejecting similar electrical activity
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How do you decrease an amplitude?
Inhibit threshold
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How do you increase an amplitude?
Reward threshold
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Rewarding an increase in amplitude is what? | Rewarding a decrease in amplitude is what?
Up training | Down training
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What side is smr usually trained on?
Right
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What side is beta usually trained on?
Left
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What is coherence training?
A measurement of the similarity of frequency between two sites on the scalp
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Phase measurements
Compare two frequency signals on the basis of timing and phase angles. Helpful in TBI
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Alpha synchrony
Deep states | Simultaneous action at two sites
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What is the bat triad
Lh beta > RH beta RH alpha > LH ALPHA LH theta = RH theta
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LH alpha higher then right what might we expect
Depression
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RH exceeds LH beta what might we expect?
Anxiety or anxiety mixed with depression
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What does a spect scan measure?
Cerebral blood flow
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What is amplitude
Microvolts/ hertz
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What is power?
Microvolts squred/ hertz
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What is magnitude
Peak to peak microvolt measurements.. Bottom to top
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What I a an absolute measurement?
What is directly below sensor not taking into account the physical charteristics of the skull
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Anterior asymmetry is a marker for what
Depression and anxiety
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Posterior or anterior alpha asymmetry is a marker for what?
Depression
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What is dominant frequency!
The frequency with the highest micro volt reading
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What happens when dominant frequency too low?
Slow wave disorder
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If dominant frequency too high what may occur?
Anxiety or insomnia

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