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Introduction to neural structures and function Flashcards

1
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Glutamate

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EXCITES neurons, involved in memory and phototransduction

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GABA

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INHIBITS other neurons from firing

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3
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Serotonin

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Affects mood

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Dopamine

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Involved with feeling reward, learning, and emotion

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5
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Acetylcholine

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Involved with memory, attention, and muscle action

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Norepinephrine

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Alertness

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Imbalance of glutamate (too much)

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Migraines or seizures

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GABA imbalance (too little)

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Seizures, tremors, and insomnia

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9
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Identifiable features of bottom view of brain

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Frontal lobe, olfactory bulb, olfactory tract, temporal lobe, occipital lobe

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10
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Features of the side view of the brain

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Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, central sulcus, temporal lobe, lateral sulcus, preoccipital notch, occipital lobe, and cerebellum hemisphere

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Where does the action potential start?

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Axon hillocks

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Phases of an action potential

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  1. Activation threshold 2. Depolarization 3. Repolarization 4. Return to resting potential
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13
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Membrane potential change at activation threshold

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From -70 mV to +40 mV

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Refractory (def.)

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Period of time where neuron is unable to fire (usually when sodium ion channel closes)

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15
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K+ ions cause…

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Repolarization then hyperpolarization

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16
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Ineurons at rest (electrically speaking)

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Have an electric potential between inside and outside

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17
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Usual charge of inside cell

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-70mV

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18
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Depolarization

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Cell becomes less negative - sodium enters cell

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Hyperpolarization

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Cell potential becomes more negative inside

20
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Resting potential

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Polarization level of an unstimulated neuron

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Nernst equation

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E = (RT/zF) on (ion outside/ion inside)
Potential energy (E) depends on ionic gradient, inversely relational to charge on Ion and constants (gas constant, temperature, faraday constant)
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VEP

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“Visual evoked potential” - a type of non-invasive volume recording of electrophysiology. Can detect optic neuritis nerve asymmetry

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Gas constant

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R = 8.31 J/mol K

24
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Standard physiological temperature

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37 degrees C = 310.2 K

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Faraday constant

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96500 C/mol e-

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Ion channels

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Allow ions to cross membrane - without unable to pass due to lipid bilateral

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Leakage channel

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Always open ion channel

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Voltage gated ion channel

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Ion channels that only open at certain voltages

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Receptor-linked (ligand gated) ion channel

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Ion channels that open in response to the stimulus of a neurotransmitter

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Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels

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Ion channels that open in response to charges in the level of cyclic nucleotides (cGMP)

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Hypernatremia

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Excessive extra cellular sodium - increase size of action potential - increase muscle excitability

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Hypokalemia

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Loss of extracellular K+ -increase resting potential - increase muscle weakness and tremors

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Na/K ATPase

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Key “pump” against concentration gradient -exchange 3Na intracellular for 2K extracellular with 1 ATP

34
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Percents of key metabolic resources distributed to the brain

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25% glucose
20% oxygen
15% cardiac output

35
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Ischemic stroke

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Interruption of blood flow to the brain - loss of oxygen requires brain to switch to anaerobic respiration

36
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Problems with anaerobic respiration in the brain

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Less efficient (ion pumps compromised), lactic acid production (toxic), accumulation of free radicals

37
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Amaurosis fugax

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Temporary blindness of one or both eyes due to lack of blood flow. A symptom of an underlying problem

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AION

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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy -sudden (and sustained?)loss of vision -

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Arteritic AION

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Sudden blindness due to inflammation of arteries supplying blood to optic nerve

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N-AION

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Sudden vision loss caused by reasons other than inflammation of arteries

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Differentiating occipital lobe from temporal lobe

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Central sulcus forms an arrow pointing towards occipital lobe

42
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size of synaptic cleft

43
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requirements of synapse

A

production, storage, release (exocytosis), binding, generation of action potential, and removal/reuptake

44
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structural imaging

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CT and MRI

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functional imaging

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PET and fMRI

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