Lecture 11

Question 1

Long term potentiation

assoicated with short term memory

Answer 1

a longer lasting increase in the strength of the synaptic connection and the size of the post- synaptic potential requiring new gene expression in response to repeated activation of a synapse

Question 2

Late LTP

Answer 2

longer term memory and long term increases or decreases in synaptic transmission

Question 3

Long term memory (ex: personal memories; how to ride a bike)

Answer 3

longer term memory involves much larger and longer acting changes in synaptic communication between neurons requiring new gene expression

Question 4

Late LTP or longer term memory

Answer 4

a long term increases in synaptic transmission

Question 5

short term memory

Answer 5

lasts minutes to hours or even days ( seems to increase the strength or duration of short term memory

Question 6

adult neurogenesis

Answer 6

formation of new neurons in the adult brain
requires extensive gene expression and cell division
increases number of neurons available for synapse formation
is much longer lasting than habituation or LTP

Question 7

where does adult neurogenesis occur

Answer 7

in the hippocampus

Question 8

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 8

the loss of pre existing memories (defect in storage or retrieval)

Question 9

anterograde amnesia

Answer 9

inability to form new memories ( defect in encoding and consolidation)

Question 10

The loss of explicit memory of amnesia

Answer 10

physical trauma
alzheimers disease
korsakoff’s syndrome
psychological trauma

Question 11

the loss of implicit memory amnesia

Answer 11

parkinson’s disease
huntington’s disease
physical trauma to the basal ganglia or cerebellum