Lecture 1- HM And The Anatomy And Function Of Temporal Lobes

Question 0

Epileptic seizures?

Answer 0

Sudden excitation in groups of neurons with a loss of inhibitory potential

Question 1

Who is HM?

Answer 1

He had severe temporal lobe epilepsy

Underwent bilateral medial surgery

Question 2

What is released in excitatory synapse?

Answer 2

Glutamate

Question 3

What is released in a inhibitory synapse?

Answer 3

GABA

Question 4

What is temporal lobe epilepsy?

Answer 4

Recurrent unprovoked seizures from medial or lateral temporal lobes

Question 5

What are the 2 types of temporal epilepsy?

Answer 5

Simple- feel a change but no loss of awareness

Complex- loss of awareness

Question 6

Hippocampal sclerosis?

Answer 6

Neuron cell death, increase in goal cells
Occurs early in life
Past infections, tumours

Question 7

Declarative memory is?

Answer 7

Conscious access to information learned previously

Question 8

What does HM tell us about memory?

Answer 8

Temporal lobes are essential
Especially for anterograde memories
And that there is a difference between declarative and procedural memories

Question 9

What is the hippocampus’ role?

Answer 9

Learning and consolidating novel information

Question 10

Consolidation theory?

Answer 10

After consolidation info can be retrieved without hippocampus involvement

Question 11

Multiple trace theory?

Answer 11

Always involves hippocampus system ( for episodic)