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hearing

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  • we hear the change in pressure in air that surrounds us

- helps us locate objects in space

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amplitude

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  • how loud, measured in decibels (dB)

- the height of the wave

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frequency

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  • the pitch
  • wave cycles per second
  • more cycles means higher frequency
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outer ear

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functions to funnel sound into middle ear

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middle ear

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  • concentrates energy/sound from a large area to a small surface area
  • sound is amplified when ear drum sends info to malleus –> incus –> stapes
  • stapes sends mechanical energy to oval window
  • concentration of energy from ear drum to oval window goes from a high surface area to low surface area (sounds amplification)
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tensor tympani and stapedius muscles

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function to dampen the vibration of ossicles in order to prevent damage to ear

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inner ear

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made up of cochlea

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organ of corti

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  • has 2 sets of sensory cells:
    • inner hair cells
    • outer hair cells
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stereocilia

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protrudes from each hair cell

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tip links

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thin fibers that run across each hair cell’s stereocilia

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auditory info sent to brain

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  • vibration makes stereocilia sway, causing K and Ca ion channels to open
  • high concentration of K+ outside cell and low concentration inside cell
  • K+ enters cell when sound waves come into ear
  • K+ depolarizes hair cell, causing voltage gated Ca2+ channels to open at base of cell
  • Ca2+ entry causes release of glutamate or acetylcholine to ganglion neurons
  • glutamate or acetylcholine activate ganglion neurons to send sound signals to brain
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hair cell depolarization

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hair cells are depolarized by K+

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basilar membrane

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  • sound vibrations cause basilar membrane to oscillate
  • different parts respond to different frequencies:
    • high frequency –> displaces narrow base of basilar membrane
    • low frequency –> displaces wider apex
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inner hair cell releases…

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glutamate

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outer hair cell releases…

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ACh

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function of inner hair cells

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send auditory information to brain

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function of outer hair cells

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amplify sound

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cortical tonotopy of auditory cortex

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  • higher frequency in posterior auditory cortex

- lower frequency in anterior auditory cortex

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encoding frequency properties of a sound

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  • place coding or tonotopic representation
  • temporal pattern of firing of cells:
    • higher firing rates for higher frequency
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encoding loudness of a sound

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movement of basilar membrane

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sound location detection

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  • binaural cues signal sound location:
    • intensity differences: different in loudness at the 2 ears
    • latency differences between the 2 ears in the “time of arrival” of sounds
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auditory pathways of human brain

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cochlear nucleus –> switches side of brain –> superior ovilary nucleus –> inferior colliculus –> medial geniculate nucleus –> auditory cortex

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retina

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  • images a mirrored upside down on retina
  • contains 3 primary layers: ganglion cell layer, bipolar cell layer, photoreceptor cell layer
  • contains rods and cones
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activation profile of visual system

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  • light bounces off image end enters eye
  • light hits retina at back of eye
  • visual info from retina travels down optic tract
  • optic tract sends visual info to lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus
  • thalamus separates visual info and sends it to primary visual cortex (V1)
  • V1 further breaks down components of image
  • V1 is where visual perception occurs
  • V1 sends info to dorsal and ventral pathways
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the colors we see…

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are wavelengths bouncing off that object

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fovea

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  • where vision is sharpest and where one focuses on objects

- highest density of cones

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process of light entering eye

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  • cornea and lens focus light entering eye onto retina
  • refraction is done by cornea and lens
  • bending of light focuses image onto retina
  • ciliary muscles in eye adjust focus by changing shape of lens
  • light hitting retina activates photoreceptors
  • vision is sharpest at fovea
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refraction

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bending of light

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optic disc

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where blood vessels enter and leave eye

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blind spot

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due to lack of photoreceptors in optic disc

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information transfer of the retina

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  • photoreceptors (rods and cones) respond to light
  • photoreceptors do not fire action potentials, but send a signal (glutamate) to activate the bipolar cells
  • the bipolar cells don’t fire action potentials but release glutamate to activate the ganglion cells
  • ganglion cells are the first sight where action potentials occur
  • the axons of the ganglion cells form the optic tract
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bipolar cells

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receive input from photoreceptors and synapse on ganglion cells, whose axons form the optic nerve

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horizontal cells

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are in the retina and contact photoreceptors and bipolar cells

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amacrine cells

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contact bipolar and ganglion cells

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rhodopsin

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  • opsin + retinal = rhodopsin
  • it is a GPCR
  • when light activates retinal to change shape, the g protein (transducin) activates phosphodiesterase (PDE)
  • PDE turns cGMP into GMP
  • cGMP activates voltage gated Na+ channels
  • light hyperpolarizes the rods
  • in the dark rods are depolarized
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3 types of cones

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there are cones that respond to either blue, green, or red light and are called S, M, L (for short, medium, and long wavelength light)

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optic tract

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  • groups left visual fields into the right visual cortex

- groups right visual fields into the left visual cortex

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optic chiasm

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  • ganglion cell axons form the optic nerve and cross at the optic chiasm
  • after passing the optic chiasm, the axons are called the optic tract
  • most axons synapse on cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus
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LGN

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  • information is sent to LGN from optic tract
  • LGN is the first structure in the brain where visual information is processed
  • LGN contains layers that separate visual movement
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where pathway

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dorsal
V1 –> V2 –> area MT –> posterior parietal lobe
vision for movement, location

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what pathway

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ventral
V1 –> V2 –> V4 –> inferior temporal cortex
vision for recognition (objects, faces)

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where and what pathways come together in…

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  • hippocampus
  • why memories are highly visual (visual dreams)
  • both pathways are important for autobiographical learning and memory
43
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cochlear duct

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contains tectorial membrane, organ of corti, and basilar membrane

44
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primary regions of CNS that control movement

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  • ACh: initiates muscle contraction
  • muscles: moves your skeleton
  • spinal cord: sends and receives commands and the reflex
  • basal ganglia: motor learning
  • motor cortices: motor command
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motor system

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  • brain can initiate movement and receives information about movement
  • simplest form of movement is the reflex (does not require a brain)
  • complex movements are obvious
  • many pathologies affect motor system (parkinson’s and huntington’s)
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human motor cortical areas

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  • premotor cortex
  • supplementary motor area
  • primary motor cortex
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primary motor cortex

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  • primary motor cortex maps the body

- homunculus

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homunculus

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represents the area of the motor strip relating to its body part

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movements are controlled at several nervous system levels

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  • in a reaching task, muscle cells change firing rate according to the direction of the movement
  • each cell has one direction that elicits highest activity
  • an average of the activity can predict the direction of the reach
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premotor cortex selects motor commands

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  • encodes the intention to perform a particular movement; thus, they are involved in the selection of movements based on external events
  • your brain will have already initiated movement before you are aware of the movement you will make
  • you perceive that the choice was yours, but the choice occurred prior to perception
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motor cortices receive and send…

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axons/information to the basal ganglia
example of riding a bike:
- basal ganglia receives commands from motor cortex
- basal ganglia permits motor commands to initiate
- cortex may not know exactly what commands to send (but has general idea)
- commands are not accurate before learning
- during motor learning/procedural learning basal ganglia “fine tunes” motor commands

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basal ganglia

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motor learning AKA procedural learning

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basal ganglia circuitry

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substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area regulate dopamine production

54
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additional functions of the basal ganglia

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  • habitual learning
  • drug addiction
  • procedural learning
  • parkinson’s disease
  • huntington’s disease
  • eye movement
  • motor planning
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spinal cord components

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cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacral

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spinal input and output

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  • dorsal root: carries sensory information from the body to the spinal cord
  • ventral root: carries motor information from the spinal cord to the muscles
57
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spine synapse to…

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muscles at neuromuscular junction

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ACh initiates muscle contraction

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  • motoneurons are nerve cells in the spinal cord that send their axons in innervate muscles
  • action potentials travel down the motoneuron, which branches into many terminals near its target
  • neurotransmitter ACh is released –> causes Ca2+ to be released –> causes myosin heads to move towards actin –> muscle contraction

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