Motivation Flashcards

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What is motivation?

A
  • Driving force
  • Physical need
  • Wanting,liking
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What does the hypothalamus maintain?

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Maintains homeostasis by regulating three interrelated functions:

  • Endocrine secretions
  • ANS
  • Emotions and drive/behaviour
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What is parabiosis and its effect?

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Parabiosis is the sharing of blood circulation between animals
This means blood borne signals are shared and can effect the hypothalamus

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What is the effect of parabiosis?

EXAMPLE

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  • A genetically obese mouse ob/ob fat cells do not produce leptin
  • When connected to a normal mouse of whoms fat cells do produce leptin, this will lead to a reduction of obesity in the ob/ob mouse
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What is the feedback mechanism of fatty tissues?

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  • Fatty tissue produce leptin when satisfied

- Leptin travels to the brain and signals to the arcuate nucleus to stop eating

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What are the VMN and LH important for the regulation of?

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VMN and LH important for the regulation of:

  • Body weight/food intake
  • Blood volume/osmolarity
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What does a VMH lesion cause?

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Causes a dramatic increase in food intake and body weight

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What role does VMH play in?

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VMH plays a role in controlling the cessation of eating

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What does a LH lesion cause?

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Causes a decrease in food intake

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What signalling are both VMH and LH related to?

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VMH and LH both are related to leptin signalling

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What is the arcuate nucleus important for?

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It’s important for control of feeding

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What is the response to elevated leptin levels?

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  • Leptin activates arcuate neurons that release alphaMSH and CART peptides
  • Neurons then project to regions that orchestrate coordinated responses of humoral, visceromotor and somatic responses
    • PVN
    • Intermediolateral grey matter of spinal cord
    • Lh
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Why are alphaMSH and CART anorectic peptides?

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Are anorectic peptides because they diminish appetite

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What is the response to decreased leptin levels?

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-NPY/AgRP neuron of the arcuate nucleus are activated
-These neurons inhibit neurons in the PVN that control the release of TSH and ACTH from the pituitary
-The neurons in the LH are then activated that stimulate feeding behaviour
-Some of the activated LH neurons contain the peptide
MCH

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What receptor do both alpha MSH and AgRP act on?

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Both act on the MC4 receptor

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What do alphaMSH and AgRP do to the MC4 receptor?

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  • alphaMSH stimulates MC4 receptor

- AgRP inhibits MC4 receptor

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What does the MC4 receptor do when activated?

A

Activation of MC4 receptor inhibits feeding behaviour

18
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What do LH neurons stimulating feeding behaviour contain?

A

Contain MCH and Orexin

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What does MCH do?

A

Prolongs consumption

20
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What does Orexin do?

A

Orexin promotes meal initiation

21
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What are the 3 phases of digestion?

A
  • Cephalic
  • Gastric
  • Substrate
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What happens in the cephalic phase?

A
  • Ghrelin is released when stomach is empty

- Ghrelin then activates NPY/AgRP containing neurons in arcuate nucleus

23
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What does the removal of ghrelin secreting cells do?

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Removal of ghrelin secreting cells of stomach are thought to cause loss of appetite

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What happens in the gastric phase?

A
  • Gastric distension
  • CCK release in intestines
  • Insulin also released by beta cells of the pancreas
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What signals does gastric distension and CCK release send and what does this cause?
Gastric distention and CCK release signals the nucleus of the solitary tract via the vagus nerve to cause satiety
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What happens to levels of 5HT in the hypothalamus in the anticipation of food or a meal?
They rise
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What is 5HT levels associated with?
Associated with anorexia nervosa and bulimia with depression
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What are examples of natural rewards?
- Food - Water - Sex - Nurturing
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What are the stages in the addiction cycle?
Acute reinforcement/social drug taking -->Escalating and compulsive use-->Dependence-->Withdrawal-->Protracted withdrawal-->Recovery
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What is positive reinforcement?
It is anything added that follows a behaviour that makes it more likely that the behaviour will occur again in the future
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What is negative reinforcement?
It is a response or behaviour that is strengthened by stopping, removing or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus