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Chapter Eight Flashcards

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Electromyogram

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EMG; records muscle tone

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Electro-oculogram

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EOG; eye movement

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Electroencephalogram

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EEG; electrical activity of brain

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How many sleep cycles do you go through in a typical night of sleep?

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about five

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How long does it take to get through one cycle of sleep?

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about an hour and a half

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Stage One of sleep

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10 minutes; theta waves; easily woken up

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Stage Two of sleep

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K complex; sleep spindles

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What are sleep spindles?

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thought to be a by product of brain that becomes active during stage two of sleep; filters out distractions/noises that wake you up

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Stage 3/4 of sleep

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delta waves; stage four is deepest; “slow wave sleep”; most early in the night

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which stages does Non-REM take place?

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stages 1-4

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Does REM get longer with each entry into REM?

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Yes

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What increases during REM?

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eye movement; the 6 eye muscles are the only muscles that move during REM

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13
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What happens to muscle tone during REM?

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It is lost

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14
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What happens to cerebral blood flow during REM?

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it increases

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15
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How much dreaming occurs during REM?

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about 85% (15% nREM)

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16
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Refractory period of REM

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once awakened, cannot reenter REM for 90 mins; suggests an internal clock regulates this process

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Restorative reason for sleep

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we need sleep to restore us mind and body; mentally and physically

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Cognitive reason for sleep

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we need to sleep in order to form memories; brain needs to be removed from constant stimuli

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Evolutionary reason for sleep

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all humans do this so it must be important. seen as adaptation to benefit survival

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Fatal Familial Insomnia

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genetic; damage to regions in or near the thalamus

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What are the symptoms of fatal familial insomnia?

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insomnia, confusion, loss of autonomic NS

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What is the life expectancy for fatal familial insomnia?

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12 mos. after diagnosis; usually diagnosed in adulthood- mid thirties to forties

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What happens to lab animals with lack of sleep?

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They will die; prior to death they develop other problems

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Complete sleep deprivation

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miss one whole night of sleep

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25
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Partial sleep deprivation

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person sleeps every night but not as much as they should or need

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REM deprivation

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allow a person to sleep except during REM

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27
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Slow wave sleep

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allows brain to rest

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28
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REM rebound effect

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will enter REM more quickly with deprivation; get more REM when deprivation stops

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29
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Deprived animal

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will lose up to 90% of sleep

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30
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“Yoked” control animal

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will lose about 30% of sleep; stays healthy

31
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Relationship between exercise and sleep

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no clear relationship between the two; working certain brain areas “hard” may result in more slow wave sleep in those areas

32
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Function of REM sleep

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critical for brain development; used to consolidate memories; used for learning- if taught task and REM deprived–> learning is slower

33
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How much time do newborns spend in REM?

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disproportionate to adults; 50%

34
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Do developed species spend more or less time in REM?

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more

35
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Chemical control of sleep

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chemicals are involved in sleep, as certain drugs cause drowsiness while others cause sleeplessness; has to be more than chemicals since dolphins can sleep one brain half a time

36
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noradrenergic

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in the locus coeruleus (deep in brain stem) when awake they fire, when asleep they stop

37
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acetylcholinergic

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in pons which produce cortical activity; agonists increase cortical activity, antagonists decrease it

38
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serotinergoc

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in raphe nucleus- fire rapidly when awake, and less rates of firing when asleep

39
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histaminergic

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in hypothalamus that increase cortical arousal; antagonists increase drowsiness.

Benedryl an anti-histamine causes drowsiness

40
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Ventrolateral preoptic area (VPL)

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found in the forebrain, rostral to hypothalamus ; increase in firing due to slow wave sleep

41
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What happens to rats with a lesion in their VPL?

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it produces insomnia and later death within three days

42
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Where are the inhibitory GABA connections to in the VPL?

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raphe nucleus, locus coeruleus, and mammillary nucleus

43
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What is REM controlled by?

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the pons

44
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What is REM sleep preceded by?

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PGO waves (pons, geniculate, and occipital) brief pulses of activity

45
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What is the only way PGO waves can be observed?

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by putting electrodes into the brain

46
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What do the PGO waves have to do with our dreams?

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likely why our dreams are so visual in nature

47
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What is the executive mechanism

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Acetylcholine

48
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What do antagonists do to intervals between REM bouts?

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lengthen them (90 mins)

49
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What do agonists do to intervals between REM bouts?

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shorten them

50
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Do levels of Ach increase or decrease during REM?

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increase

51
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Where are the Ach neurons found?

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peribrachial area

52
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What do lesions in the peribrachial area do?

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reduce REM sleep

53
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REM “flip flop”

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neurons in regions are either ON/OFF and both cannot be active at the same time; switches occur very fast which explains why narcolepsy symptoms occur quickly

54
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Insomnia

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affects 25% occasionally and 10% chronically; symptoms resemble depression;

55
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Why are meds prescribed not best option for those with insomnia?

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tolerance and rebound effect

56
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Sleep apnea

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disturbance of breathing while asleep; may occur hundreds of times per evening

57
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Narcolepsy

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directly fall into REM sleep..will sleep for 2-5 minutes; stimulant meds and frequent napping

58
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Cataplexy

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awake, but complete loss of muscle tone; triggered by excitement; a couple minutes like narcolepsy and then back to normal

59
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Sleep paralysis

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a symptom of narcolepsy- paralysis creeps into waking

60
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hypnagogic hallucinations

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another symptom of narcolepsy-dream like states invade waking

61
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REM without atonia

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loss of muscle tone does not occur during REM-flip flop does not occur; physically and behaviorally act out dreams

62
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What do meds used to treat cataplexy do to those with REM without atonia?

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make them worse

63
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REM sleep disorders

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narcolepsy, cataplexy, REM without atonia, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations

64
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Biological clocks

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predictable changes in physiological function occur in different time intervals (rhythms)

65
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Zeitgebers

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time giver; synchronize circadian (daily) rhythms

66
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What is zeitgeber for regulating sleep?

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natural light

67
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Where is the sprachiasmatic nucleus found?

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found in the hypothalamus

68
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What happens when suprachiasmatic nucleus is lesioned?

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many rhythms are disrupted: sleep, wheel running, hormone secretions

rats with this lesion do not show normal sleeping patterns- they sleep sporadically but get the same amount

69
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Where do the projections from the SCN come from?

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the retina

70
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What happens when you transplant a SCN?

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restoration of the disrupted rhythms

71
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Silver et al. research

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transplanted SCN tissue in a semi permeable capsule and it restored the rhythms

72
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Does SCN lesions disrupt breeding cycles?

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Yes, which are activated with “day length” in spring

73
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What do SCN lesioned males do differently?

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secrete testosterone year round, as opposed to “peaks” during breeding season

74
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Is the pineal gland important to the SCN?

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yes, it receives input from the SCN.

melatonin is secreted by pineal, which changes as seasons change (and light exposure changes)

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