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Anterior

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meaning “FRONT,” sometimes referred to as frontal or rostral

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Medial

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meaning “MIDDLE”

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Dorsal

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meaning “ABOVE,” sometimes referred to as superior

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Posterior

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meaning “TAIL,” sometimes referred to as caudal

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Lateral

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meaning “SIDE”

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Ventral

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meaning “BELOW,” or “BELLY,” sometimes referred to as inferior

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Horizontal plane

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cut it horizontal
- It is created by slicing the brain perpendicular to the long axis of the body, and thus parallel to the floor in a person that is upright.

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Sagittal plane

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slice down the middle

- The sagittal plane divides the right and left side of the brain into parts.

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Coronal plane

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a coronal plane divides the brain into an anterior and posterior portion. It is created by slicing the brain parallel to the long axis of the body, and thus perpendicular to the floor in a person that is upright.

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How do psychologists and radiologists differ in the way they look at the brain/read it?

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Psychologists - normal left & right way

Radiologists - reverse left & right

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Contralateral

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opposite side

ex: if contralateral stroke, if lesion is on right then it affects left hand

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Ipsilateral

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same side

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Unilateral

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on one side only

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Bilateral

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on both sides

- severe stroke

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Proximal

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close to the body

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Distal

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further away from the body

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Efferent signal

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away from the CNS

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Afferent signal

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towards the CNS

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What are the major subdivisions of the nervous system

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  1. Central Nervous System (CNS) - brain and spinal cord

2. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - nerves

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Parasympathetic branch/division

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INHIBITORY: rest & digest

  • constricts pupil
  • stimulates saliva production
  • constricts bronchi
  • slows heart
  • stimulates stomach, pancreas, & intestines
  • stimulates urination
  • promotes erection of genitals
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Sympathetic branch/division

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STIMULATION: fight or flight
ex: see a tiger

  • dilates pupil
  • inhibits saliva production
  • dilates bronchi
  • accelerates heart
  • stimulates epinephrine & norepinephrine release
  • stimulates glucose release
  • inhibits stomach, pancreas, & intestines
  • inhibits urination
  • promotes ejaculation & vaginal constractions
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What are the meninges?

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OUTER covering of the brain

  1. Duramater
  2. Arachnoid layer
  3. Piamater
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Duramater

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Latin for “tough mother”

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Arachnoid layer

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Greek for “like a spider’s web”

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Piamater

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Latin for “soft mother”

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Meningitis

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infection of the meninges increases pressure on the brain.

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Encephalitis

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infection of the brain itself

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Ventricles kinds

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  • lateral ventricles
  • 3rd ventricle
  • 4th ventricle
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Cerebral aqueduct

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connects 3rd & 4th ventricle

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Brain is surrounded by ____

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cerebrospinal fluid CSF

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What are ventricles filled with?

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CSF

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Ventricles (filled with CSF) are continuous with…

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the outer supply of CSF.

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What does the CSF function as?

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  • CSF supports or ‘cushions’ the brain. (water bed for brain)
  • Provides nutrients, removes waste, helps maintain the blood-brain barrier.
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Contracuop injury

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after it hits the front of your skull, it sloshes back & hits the back of your skull
- therefore, damage on front & back part of brain b/c of a violent collision

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Where is the CSF produced & circulated?

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CSF produced by the choroid plexus and circulated around the subarachnoid space before being reabsorbed by the arachnoid granulations.

or else head will explode or brain will be crushed, because skull doesn’t move

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Hydrocephalus

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excessive CSF

  • can cause pressure in the brain
  • ventricles are blown out
  • end up having cell death & brain damage
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Choroid Plexus Papilloma

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type of ventricular tumor

  • brain tissue will die away
  • surgeries can help prevent it from happening
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What does the CNS communicate with?

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CNS communicates with the body via nerves that connect with the brain (cranial nerves) or the spinal cord (PNS).

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List the 12 cranial nerves

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  1. Olfactory
  2. Optic
  3. Oculomotor
  4. Trochlear
  5. Trigeminal
  6. Abducens
  7. Facial
  8. Vestibulocochlear
  9. Glossopharyngeal
  10. Vagus
  11. Accessory
  12. Hypoglossal
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Olfactory Nerve

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smell

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Optic Nerve

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vision

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Oculomotor Nerve

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eye moves

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Trigeminal Nerve

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chewing, touch, pain for mouth

- has sensory & motor divisions

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Abducens Nerve

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eye moves

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Facial Nerve

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motor & sensory nerves

  • carries nerve fibers that control facial movement and expression
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve

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hearing, equilibrium

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Glossopharyngeal Nerve

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taste, BP

  • sensory & motor fibers
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Vagus Nerve

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heart rate, digestion

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Accessory Nerve

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swallowing

- impulses from muscles in back & neck

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Hypoglossal Nerve

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tongue moves

- swallowing, chewing

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Medulla Oblongata

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  • 12 cranial nerves – many attached to medulla.
  • RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM – arousal, attention and sleep-wake cycle.
  • motor fibres cross to CONTRAlateral side.
  • controls reflexes, respiratory and heart rate.
  • damage can be fatal – swelling of other brain regions following injury can also affect the medulla.

(sensitive area)

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Reticular activating system

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arousal, attention & sleep wake cycle

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Cerebellum

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  • precise or fine motor control (tune-up shop of brain)
  • balance
  • neuroimaging suggests a role for the cerebellum in many cognitive processes – a ‘mini-brain’?
  • IPsilateral motor organization (R cerebellum activates when R side of body moves)
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Pons

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  • main connection between cortex and cerebellum.
  • vestibular functions (e.g., balance).
  • sleep and arousal.
  • contains SUPERIOR OLIVE
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Superior olive

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point at which information from both ears converges – important for localization of sounds.
(if sound if coming from R, it will 1st hit R ear before L)

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Two important midbrain structures:

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  1. superior colliculus (rapid eye movements)
  2. inferior colliculus (auditory equivalent of SC)

This area is also known as the TECTUM (roof)
- tegmentum - floor

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Hypothalamus

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  • group of nuclei.
  • maintain equilibrium or homeostasis. (not too hungry, not to cold etc.)
  • ventromedial lesions affect regulation of food intake.
  • regulate body temperature (anterior and posterior nuclei).
  • regulates hormones (involved in sexual behaviour, biological rhythms, fight or flight responses, etc.).
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Thalamus

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  • group of nuclei.
  • sensory and motor relay centre.
  • LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS
  • MEDIAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS
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Lateral geniculate nucleus

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relays information from the retina to visual cortex

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Medial geniculate nucleus

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relays information from auditory pathway to cortex

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Basal Ganglia

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  • group of nuclei – functionally related. (b/c all involved in motor control)
  • primarily involved in motor control.
  • Caudate nucleus, Globus pallidus, Putamen
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Damage to the basal ganglia

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Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome

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Parkinson’s disease

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lack of movement
- M. J. Fox

damage to BG

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Huntington’s disease

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too much movement
- common to be falling over (hunched) & tremors

damage to BG

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Tourette’s syndrome

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swearing is rare

motor tics

damage to BG

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Limbic System

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  • Originally thought to be solely involved in emotional regulation. (ex: remembering a funeral or wedding)
  • This is partly true but only tells half the story.
  • learning and memory
  • emotional memories
  • recognition of emotions in other people (hard to describe emotion they are seeing, ex: smile)
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What are the structures of the Limbic System?

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Structures are: Amygdala
			  Hypothalamus
			  Cingulate cortex 
		 	  Anterior thalamus
			  Mammilliary bodies	
                          Hippocampus
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Development of the brain

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25 days: neural tube

40 days: forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord

50 days: more dev.

100 days: cerebral hemisphere, cerebellum, pons, medulla

9 months: formed

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Neural tube

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serves as the origin of the central nervous system.

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Major subdivisions of the nervous system

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Forebrain

  • telencephalon
  • diencephalon

Midbrain
- mesencephalon

Hindbrain

  • metencephalon
  • myelencephalon
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Preformation

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  • Seneca (Roman philosopher) – suggested embryo was just a miniature person.
  • Claims made that microscopic horses could be seen in horse semen!

In fact, there’s a striking similarity in embryos across species!

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Basic structure of brain

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All vertebrates share the same CNS structures:

  • Forebrain
  • Brainstem (midbrain and hindbrain)
  • Neural tube (spinal cord)

In humans these structures are evident at 28 days gestation.

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Gross development

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18 days: neural plate (primitive neural tissue)

21 days: neural plate –> neural groove

22 days: neural groove (closing to form neural tube) –> neural tube & ventricle

23 days: anterior neural folds (close to form brain) –> neural tube

  • “wrinkles” in the brain don’t start forming until about 7 months (post birth)
    = more real-estate, able to fit more cortex into skull
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Principle structures of the subdivisions

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Telencephalon:

  • cerebral cortex
  • basal ganglia
  • limbic system

Diencephalon:

  • thalamus
  • hypothalamus

Midbrain:
- tectum tegmentum

Hindbrain:
- cerebellum

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Origins of Neurons and Glia

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  • lining of neural tube – neural stem cells.
  • extensive capacity for self-renewal. (regenerate itself & you can keep testing that line of stem cells)
  • in the adult stem cells line the ventricles – VENTRICULAR ZONE
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Ventricular zone

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in the adult stem cells line the ventricles

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Growth and development

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  • Cell birth (neurogenesis, gliogenesis)
  • Cell migration
  • Cell differentiation
  • Cell maturation (axon and dendritic growth)
  • Synaptogenesis (formation of synapses)
  • Cell death – synaptic pruning
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Cell migration

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  • road map provided by radial glial cells. (act like ladders for baby neurons)
  • layers of the cortex are added on from the inside out.
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Cell migration – path finding

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normally particular neurons from the retina migrate to specific sites on the optic tectum.

if the neurons are severed and the eye rotated in its socket 180 degrees, they continue to seek out the preprogrammed sites on the optic tectum!
- leads to messed up frogs

a remapping occurs that is maladaptive. (not normal)

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Normal mapping vs abnormal mapping in frogs

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Normal mapping:

  • normally frogs don’t have to identify what a thing is before they snap their tongue at it
  • fly senses movement & snaps tongue out at it
  • therefore, good at catching flies

Abnormal mapping:

  • frogs that went through surgery & have an upside down eye
  • b/c visual system doesn’t know it’s upside down
  • sends electrical signal along cells that it should be sending them on for a right side up eye, but an abnormal mapping
  • therefore, frog snaps in the opp. direction when fly flies above it b/c eye is physically upside down, but connections are in the same place as if eye was right side up
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What does path findings tell us?

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that they’re strong

- go to a specific location, even if you manipulate the eye, it still goes to the og intented location

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Neural maturation

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  • dendritic arborization (growing branches) and growth of dendritic spines.
  • axons grow faster (mm per day) than do dendrites (micrometers per day) – so axons may play a role in dendritic differentiation as they reach their target BEFORE the dendrites are fully formed.
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Cell death and synaptic pruning

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After ~6 months

  • unnecessary connections are killed off. (not good connections)
  • up to 100,000 synapses per second!
  • neuron relies on its target for survival.
  • NEUROTROPHIN promotes survival - without successful contact the dendrite will not receive enough.

think: sculpter or gardener for pruning

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Neurotrophin

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promotes survival - without successful contact the dendrite will not receive enough

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Synaptic pruning

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  • cell death (APOPTOSIS) can’t completely account for synaptic pruning.
  • instead reinforcing functional circuits may lead to synaptic pruning of non-functional circuits.

(if you have a good synaptic connection it stays)

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A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ section is made through a human brain parallel to the ground.
A) transverse
B) horizontal
C) sagittal
D) frontal
E) parasaggital
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B) horizontal

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Electrical stimulation of the right motor cortex elicits limb movements on the left side of the
body. ________ would describe this organization of motor cortex and the muscles of the body.
A) Contralateral
B) Contramedial
C) Ipsilateral
D) Bilateral
E) Parasaggital

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A) Contralateral

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The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a tough protective sheath that covers the brain and that lies closest to the skull.
A) dura mater
B) pia mater
C) dorsa mater
D) arachnoid membrane
E) midsagittal sinus
A

A) dura mater

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The third and fourth ventricles are joined together via the
A) choroid plexi.
B) subarachnoid spaces.
C) massa intermedia.
D) arachnoid granulations.
E) cerebellar aqueduct.
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E) cerebellar aqueduct.

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CSF is reabsorbed via the
A) arachnoid granulations.
B) choroid plexus.
C) foramen of Magendie.
D) nodes of Ranvier.
E) All of the above are correct.
A

A) arachnoid granulations.

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What is #2 and what is it’s function?

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optic nerve, vision

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