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Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers Flashcards

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1
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What are endogenous pacemakers?

A

Internal body clocks that regulate biological rhythm

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What is the superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?

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Bundle of nerve cells

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Where is the SCN located?

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Hypothalamus

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4
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What is the SCN linked with?

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The sleep/wake cycle

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5
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What is the SCN connected to?

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Optic chiasm

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6
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What does the SCN receive?

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Light directly when the eyes are closed

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Which two psychologist researched into the sleep/wake cycle?

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  • Decoursey et al

- Ralph et al

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What did Decoursey et al (2002) do?

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  • Destroyed SCN connection in 30 chipmunks

- Returned them to natural habit and observed

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What did Decoursey et al (2000) find?

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Sleep/wake cycle disappeared and majority killed after 80 days

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What did Ralph et al (1990) do?

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  • Bred hamsters with 20 hour sleep/wake cycle

- SCN of mutant hamsters transplanted into normal hamsters

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What did Ralph et al (1990) find?

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Normal hamsters developed a 20 hour sleep/wake cycle

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What is the SNC an example of?

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Endogenous pacemaker

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What are the three examples of endogenous pacemaker?

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  • SCN
  • Pineal gland
  • Melatonin
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How is SCN linked to the pineal gland and melatonin?

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SCN passes information on day length to pineal gland which increases secretion of melatonin during the night

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What does melatonin induce?

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Sleep

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16
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When is melatonin inhibit?

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During periods of wakefulness

17
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What are the different factors which influence the sleep/wake cycle?

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  • Endogenous pacemakers

- Exogenous zeitgebers

18
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What are exogenous zeitgebers?

A

External cue which may affect biological rhythm i.e reset the biological clock

19
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What is the resetting of the biological clock is a process known as?

A

Entrainment

20
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What important exogenous zeitgebers are involved in the sleep/wake cycle?

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  • Light

- Social cues

21
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Who studied into the effect of light on the sleep/wake cycle?

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Campbell and Murphy (1998)

22
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What did Campbell and Murphy (1998) do?

A
  • Woke 15 participants at various times

- Shone a light on backs of their knee

23
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Why did Campbell and Murphy (1998) shine a light on the backs of their participants knees?

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Produces a deviation in the sleep/wake cycle

24
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Does the detection of light just occur by the SCN?

A

No - skin receptors can also detect light

25
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How has social cues shown to be an important influence on sleep/wake cycle?

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  • Babies have set schedules can set sleep/wake cycle (normally really random in newborns)
  • Adapting to local time when travelling for eating and sleeping resets circadian rhythm (tackles jet lag)
26
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Is SCN the only endogenous pacemaker?

A

No

27
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What are other endogenous pacemakers?

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  • Lungs
  • Liver
  • Skin
  • Pancreas
28
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Why is studies into SCN limiting?

A

As ignores the important and the independence of the effects of other endogenous pacemakers

29
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Who showed the independence of the liver to the SCN?

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Damiola et al (2000)

30
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What did Damiola et al (2000) find?

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That altering feeding pattern altered circadian rhythm of the liver of up to 12 hours

31
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Are you able to generalise animal studies to humans?

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No

32
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What are the issues when studying SCN and animal studies?

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  • Ethical issues

- Great harm and potential risk when returned back to habitat

33
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How may the influence of exogenous zeitbegebers be overstated?

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People who are born bind show normal sleep/wake cycle, only needed to take sedatives in the morning to align with 24-hour world (Miles et al. 1977)

34
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What was a limitation to Campbell and Murphy (1998) method?

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  • Hasn’t been replicated

- Some light exposure to participants eyes (confounding variables)

35
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What may studies have ignored when studying into exogenous zeitebegers?

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How different exogenous zeitbegers interact and influence the sleep/wake cycle (reductionist)

36
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What is the collective problem between the research in to exogenous zeitebegers and endogenous pacemakers?

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  • That it is hard to separate the two when conducting research into just one
  • Why do researchers try to separate the two functions when they work together

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