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Exam 3 Material (Sleep Lectures) Flashcards

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What is the state that the brain actively produces/ where there is decreased brain activity and decreased response to stimuli?

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Sleep

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What are internal mechanisms operating on a roughly 24 hr cycle (sleep-wake cycle)?

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Endogenous circadian rhythms

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What are the internal mechanisms operating on a yearly cycle?

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Endogenous circannual rhythms

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How long is the human circadian rhythm?

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Slightly longer than 24 hours

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What is a stimulus that resets the circadian rhythm? (ex: sunlight, tides, exercise/activity, meals, arousal, temperature, etc.)

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Zeitgeber

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What is the main control center of the circadian rhythm of sleep and temperature (located above/superior to the optic chiasm)?

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The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

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What is a special population of ganglion cells that have their own photopigment called melanopsin? (the cells respond directly to light and do not receive any input from the rods or cones)

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Retinohypothalamic path

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What are two types of genes are responsible for generating the circadian rhythm?

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Period and timeless

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What produces proteins called PER?

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Period

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What produces proteins called TIM?

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Timeless

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What endocrine gland does the SCN regulates and is located posterior to the thalamus?

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Pineal gland

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What does the pineal gland secrete?

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Melatonin (a hormone that increases sleepiness).

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What is a combination of EEG (allows researchers to study the stages of sleep) and eye-movement records?

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Polysomnograph

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What waves are present when one begins a state of relaxation?

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Alpha waves

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What is the stage of sleep when sleep has just begun (irregular, jagged, and low waves) (brain activity begins to decline)?

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Stage 1

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What stage of sleep is characterized by the presence of sleep spindles and k-complex?

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Stage 2

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What are 12-14 Hz waves during a burst that lasts at least half a second?

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Sleep spindles

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What is a sharp high-amplitude negative wave followed by a smaller, slower positive wave?

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K-complex

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What stages of sleep together constitute slow-wave sleep (SWS)?

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Stage 3 and Stage 4

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What are periods characterized by rapid eye movement (also known as paradoxical sleep—-deep sleep in some ways, but light sleep in others)?

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Rapid eye movement sleep (REM)

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What are stages other than REM sleep referred to as?

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Non-REM sleep (NREM)

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What stages of sleep predominate early in the night (length of sr=tage decreases as the night progresses)?

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Stages 3 and 4

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What type of sleep is predominant later in the night (length increases as night progresses)?

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What brain mechanism in the midbrain extends from the medulla to the forebrain (responsible for arousal)?

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Reticular formation

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What brain mechanism in the midbrain contributes to cortical arousal (axons extend to the hypothalamus, thalamus, and basal forebrain, which release acetylcholine and glutamate)?
Pontomesencephalon
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What does the stimulation of pontomesencephalon do?
Awakens sleeping individuals and increases alertness in those already awake
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When is ACh released?
During REM
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What axons release norepinephrine (NE) to the cortex (increase wakefulness/usually dormant while asleep)?
Locus coeruleus
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What axons release serotonin (5HT) throughout cortex (disrupts REM cortex/ ACh and 5HT regulate REM sleep)?
Raphe nuclei
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What is produced in the hypothalamus (widespread excitatory effects/antihistamines produce sleepiness)?
Histamine
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What is a peptide neurotransmitter released in a pathway from the lateral nucleus of the hypothalamus (highly responsible for the ability to stay awake)?
Orexin
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What is produced by cells in the basal forebrain (inhibitory/inhibition provided by this is essential for sleep)?
GABA
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What does GABA also regulate?
Decreases in temperature and metabolic rate/decreases in neural activity
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What causes sleep to be local within the brain?
GABA
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When do sleepwalking, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis occur?
When one part of the brain is awake and other parts are asleep
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What activity increases during REM sleep?
In the pons and temporal cortex
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What activity decreases during REM sleep?
In the primary visual cortex, the motor cortex, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
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What is REM sleep associated with?
A distinctive pattern of high-amplitude electrical potentials known as PGO waves
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What is REM regulated by?
Serotonin (interrupts REM)/acetylcholine (initiates REM)
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What are the functions of sleep?
Energy conservation and memory consolidation
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What increases after new learning?
Sleep spindles
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What is the function of REM sleep?
Memory storage (pruning connections/storage of motor skills)
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What are the two biological perspectives on dreaming?
The activation-synthesis hypothesis and the clinco-anatomical hypothesis
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Which hypothesis on dreams states that dreams begin with spontaneous activity in the pons (PGO waves during REM sleep) diffusely activating cortex?
Activation-synthesis hypothesis
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Which hypothesis on dreaming puts less emphasis on pons, PGO waves, and REM sleep/dreams are similar to thinking, just under unusual circumstances (similar to mind wandering)?
Clinico-anatomical hypothesis
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What sleep disorder is characterized by frequent periods of sleepiness (gradual attack of sleepiness) (caused by lack of hypothalamic cells that produce and release orexin)?
Narcolepsy
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What is a sleep disorder associated with inadequate sleep (caused by a number of factors, including noise, stress, pain, diet, and medication)?
Insomnia
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What is the sleep disorder involving repeated involuntary movement of the legs and sometimes the arms while sleeping (usually occurs during NREM sleep/probably not acting out dreams)?
Periodic limb movement disorder
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What sleep disorder is associated with vigorous movement during REM sleep (usually associated with acting out dreams/associated with damage to the pons)?
REM behavior disorder
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What are experiences of intense anxiety from which a person awakens screaming in terror (usually occurs during NREM sleep/not during a dream state)?
Night terrors
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What is a condition similar to sleepwalking but engaging in sexual behavior while asleep (no memory of event)?
Sexsomnia
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What is a disruption of the circadian rhythms due to crossing time zones?
Jet lag
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What does traveling west do to our circadian rhythms?
Phase-delays
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What does traveling east does to our circadian rhythms?
Phase-advances

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