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Lecture 1 Flashcards

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Molecular neuroscience

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Molecule to Molecule (protein) interactions

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Cellular Neuroscience

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Neurons to Effector Cells

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Systems Neuroscience

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Collection of cells, forming circuits

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Behavioural Neuroscience

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Integrating Systems, memory formations

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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Self-awareness, imagination, language

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Neurologist

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Trained to diagnose and treat diseases of the nervous system

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Psychiatrist

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Trained to diagnose and treat disorders of mood and behaviour

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Neurosurgeon

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Trained to preform surgery on the brain and spinal cord

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Neuropathologist

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Trained to recognize the changes in nervous tissue that result from disease

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Motor Behaviour

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Area of study stressing primarily the principles of human skilled movement generated at a behavioural level of analysis

Physical/mechanical behaviour

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Motor Control

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Study dealing with the understanding of neural, physiological and behavioural aspects of movement

The “how” of motor behaviour

Neural activation patterns.. “strategies”

State of the “motors” (i.e, muscles)

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How is a baseball pitch an example of Motor Behaviour?

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It is concerned with the sequence of actions (wind up phase, arm cocking phase, arm acceleration phase, etc.)

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How is a baseball pitch an example of Motor control?

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The frontal cortex of the brain (upper motor neurons, lower motor neurons, sequencing/timing of neuronal activation)

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What is motor development?

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Field of study concerning the changes in motor behaviour occurring as a result of growth, maturation and experience.

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What is motor memory?

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The memory for movement or motor information

Ability to recall information

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What are the two aspects of Motor memory?

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1) Neural Based

2) Muscle-Structured Base

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What is schizophrenia?

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A cognitive disorder, thoughts and behaviours

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What is Alzheimers disease?

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A type of dementia

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What is Parkinson’s disease?

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Of the basal Ganglia

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What is Huntington’s disease?

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Of the basal Ganglia

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What is ALS?

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De-myelinating condition of motor neurons

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What is Sports-related “stingers”

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Brachial Plexopathies (stretching of the neurons)

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What was significant about Hippocrates?

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  • Father of western medicine
  • Said the brain was the centre of sensation and intelligence
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What was significant about Aristotle?

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  • Said the heart was the centre of intelligence
  • Said the Brain was responsible for cooling blood
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What was significant about Galen?

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  • Greek physician to roman gladiators (first sports medicine physician)
  • Deducted function from the structure of the brain
  • Said the cerebrum was a soft structure with sensory function (perception)
  • Said the cerebellum was a hard structure with motor function and the movement control centre
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What was the significance of Andreas Vesalius?

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  • Anatomist
  • Produced dissection manual for medical students
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What was the significance of Rene Descartes?

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  • Established a mechanical approach to the study of nature
  • Geometry
  • Identified the pineal gland as the seat of the human “mind” and soul
  • Secretion of melatonin (hormone for wake-sleep cycle/circadian rhythm)
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What happened in the 17th to 18th century?

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  • Brain structures were revealed/identified
  • Grey Matter (cell bodies of neurons)
  • White Matter (axons of neurons)
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What was the significance of Luigi Galvani and Emil du Bois-Reymond?

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  • Produced muscle twitches with electrical stimulation
  • Brain can generate electricity
  • Nerves acts as wires
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What was the significance of Sir Charles Bell and Francois Magendie?

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  • Nerves attached to the spinal cord
  • 2 branches (ventral - front and dorsal - back)
  • Bi-directional flow of
    information
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What is the significance of Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens?

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  • Identified different regions of brain to different functions
  • Cerebrum is responsible for sensation, perception and judgement
  • Cerebellum is responsible for movement coordination
  • Brain stem (medulla oblongata) is responsible for life functions such as breathing and heart rate
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