Jeopardy 2 Flashcards
Structure that separates from the frontal lobe from the temporal lobe.
Lateral Fissure
Where the action potential begins
Axon Hillock
Function of the hypothalamus.
Homeostatic regulation, like hunger, thirst, and temperature control.
Neural system that includes the caudate, putamen and globus pallidus and connect with the supplementary motor cortex
Basal Ganglia
The lobe where the primary motor cortex is located.
Frontal Lobe
The two types of voltage-gated channels responsible for the action potential
Sodium and Potassium
Location of most voltage-gated ion channels
Axon
Place where Na+ and K+ ions flow across the membrane along myelinated axons
Node of Ranvier
Type of synapse where one axon synapses onto another axon.
Axo-Axonic
Integration of inputs from EPSPs and IPSPs in the axon hillock
Summation
Hallucinations, delusions, social withdrawal; Disorganized thinking
Schizophrenia
Disease characterized by repeated thoughts and ritualistic behaviors
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Unwanted flashbacks and hyperarousal
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Associated with reduced benzodiazepine receptors in the prefrontal cortex
Panic Disorder and PTSD
Characterized by ventricular enlargment.
Schizophrenia
An appetitive stimulus that follows a particular behavior and thus makes the behavior become more frequent. .
Reinforcer
The type of long-term memory used for recalling our high school graduation
Episodic Memory
Condition in which you can’t remember anything new
Anterograde Amnesia
The phenomena in which a connection between two neurons is strengthened after high frequency stimulation
Long Term Potentiation
The neural structure critical for eyeblink conditioning
Lateral Interpositus Nucleus
The major excititory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
Name for receptors linked to ion channels
Ionotropic Receptors
One of the molecules that are combined to make acetylcholine
Choline and Acetate
The name of the metabotropic receptor for acetylcholine
Muscarinic Receptor
