Jeopardy

Question 1

Name for a group of neuronal cell bodies in the brain.

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

Where the action potential begins.

Answer 2

Axon Hillock

Question 3

The location of the inferior colliculus.

Answer 3

Midbrain

Question 4

Three structures in the limbic system.

Answer 4

Hippocampus, amygdala and cingulate cortex.

Question 5

The lobe where the primary auditory cortex is located.

Answer 5

Temporal Lobe

Question 6

The two types of voltage gated channels responsible for the action potential

Answer 6

Sodium and Potassium

Question 7

The movement of materials down the axon

Answer 7

Axonal Transport

Question 8

The period of time when another action potential can not be generated.

Answer 8

Absolute Refractory Period

Question 9

Action potential conduction in myelinated axons.

Answer 9

Saltatory Conduction

Question 10

Integration of inputs from many synapses on the postsynaptic neuron.

Answer 10

Spatial Summation

Question 11

Any drug that interferes with the activity of a neurotransmitter

Answer 11

Antagonist

Question 12

Drug that acts like a neurotransmitter by binding to a receptor at the same site as the neurotransmitter.

Answer 12

Competitive Agonist

Question 13

Measure used to establish the safety of a drug.

Answer 13

Therapeutic Index

Question 14

Decrease response to a drug with repeated use

Answer 14

Tolerance

Question 15

How well (readily or tightly) a drug binds to a receptor

Answer 15

Affinity

Question 16

Technique used by Olds and Milner to discover the pleasure pathway.

Answer 16

Electrical stimulation

Question 17

Uses detection of radio frequency signals produced by displaced radio waves in a magnetic field

Answer 17

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Question 18

Electrical activity of the brain recorded with scalp or brain electrodes.

Answer 18

EEG (Electroencephalography)

Question 19

Scanning method that detects radioactive material that is injected or inhaled to produce an image of the brain.

Answer 19

PET (Positron Emission Tomography)

Question 20

Brain scan that uses a series of X-ray beams passed through the head.

Answer 20

CT scan (Computed Tomography Scan)

Question 21

The major inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Answer 21

GABA

Question 22

Name for receptors linked to g-proteins

Answer 22

Metabotropic Receptors

Question 23

Where molecules of neurotransmitter are stored.

Answer 23

Synaptic Vesicles

Question 24

The name of the ionotropic receptor for acetylcholine

Answer 24

Nicotinic Receptor

Question 25

Transmitter used by neurons of the raphe nucleus

Answer 25

Serotonin