Lectures 1-5 MCQ

Question 1

What kind of information is the hippocampus mainly concerned with processing?

Answer 1

Spatial information

Question 2

Which regions of the neural tube generate laminar structures?

Answer 2

Dorsal telencephalon and dorsal metencephalon

Question 3

What are the main regions of the vertebrate brain from anterior/rostral to posterior/caudal?

Answer 3

Telencephalon, Diencephalon, Mesencephalon, Metencephalon, Myelencephalon

Question 4

Where do the neurons contributing to the multinucleate structure of the amygdala originate from?

Answer 4

The pre-optic area, the caudal pallial nuclear area and the sub-pallium

Question 5

Which cortical lobe is the inferior horn part of each lateral ventricle mainly associated with?

Answer 5

Temporal

Question 6

Which areas does the dorsal telencephalon (pallium) give rise to?

Answer 6

Hippocampus, insula

Question 7

tarting from the Rostral (Anterior) end, put the following regions in the order from which they originate within the neural tube:

Answer 7

Olfactory bub -> Thalamus -> Superior Colliculi -> Cerebellum -> Dorsal Column Nuclei

Question 8

How can neural crest cells be described?

Answer 8

Neural cells that acquire mesodermal properties

Question 9

Which kinds of neurons does the ANS consist of?

Answer 9

Ganglionic, visceromotor

Question 10

Which areas of the brain contain dopaminergic neurons?

Answer 10

Ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra

Question 11

Which nuclei contribute to the corpus striatum?

Answer 11

Globus pallidus, nucleus accumbens, putamen

Question 12

The key switch from Ectoderm to Neuroectoderm fate during frog neuro-development involves inhibition of what?

Answer 12

BMP

Question 13

Which areas are subdomains of the midbrain?

Answer 13

Tegmentum, tectum

Question 14

Where do branchiomotor neurons originate from, and which transmitter do they use?

Answer 14

The Vp3 (ventral progenitor 3) region of Hindbrain

ACh

Question 15

Which area contains the brains only serotonergic neurons?

Answer 15

The Raphe nuclei

Question 16

What is the main role of the Piriform cortex?

Answer 16

Olfactory proesssing

Question 17

The Cortical Lobes expand out from the Dorsal Telencephalon. Based on their initial locations, put them in order from Rostral to Caudal.

Answer 17

Frontal -> parietal -> occipital -> temporal

Question 18

Which region of neural tube are cranial neural crest cells derived from?

Answer 18

Dorsal hindbrain

Question 19

Which nuclei are found in the medulla?

Answer 19

Dorsal column nuclei, inferior olive, cochlear nuclei

Question 20

What are the main regions of sub-cortex that sit under the cortical lobes?

Answer 20

Insular, cingulate

Question 21

What are the two main regions that comprise the epi-thalamus?

Answer 21

Pineal gland, habenula

Question 22

What type of cortex is the cingulate cortex?

Answer 22

Neocortex, pro-isocortex

Question 23

Which area is the caudate nucleus part of?

Answer 23

Corpus striatum?

Question 24

Competing gradients of what generate the neuroectoderm in invertebrates?

Answer 24

DPP and dorsal

Question 25

What is the main function of the thalamus?

Answer 25

Relay centre for everything going into the cortex