Neurology and mental health Flashcards

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What is learning?

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acquisition of new information or knowledge

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What is memory?

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storage or retention of acquired knowledge

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What is an engram?

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physical representation or location of memory, a collection of neurones

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What are the three classificaitons of memory?

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Declarative, emotional, procedural

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Examples of declarative memory?

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Daily episodes (remembering address), words and meanings, history

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Example of emotional memory?

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Preferences/aversions–> things we do/dont like depending on past expiriences

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Examples of procedural memory?

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Motor skills, solving puzzles, priming cues, association and linking

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Which areas of the brain are involved in memory?

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All

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Which brain regions involve emotional memories?

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Amygdala, hypothalamus

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Which part of the brain is responsible for motor memory?

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Cerebellum (used for playing instrument riding bike etc)

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Which areas of the brain are involved in declarative memories?

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Hippocampus, entorhinal and parahippocampal cortex

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Which areas of the brain are involved in procedural memories?

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Cerebellum, striatum, brainstem and spinal motor output

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Which brain area is seen as a hub of learning and memory?

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Hippocampus

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What is anterograde amnesia?

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inability to form new memories/learn new things

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What is retrograde amnesia?

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Can’t recall things

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What is working memory?

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Short term memory

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Order of solidifying a memory?

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Input–> short term (working) memory–> long term memory

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What is Hebbs law?

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If there are two connected neurons in the brain, and one repetitively fires APs onto the other (and vice versa), the synapse that connects them becomes permanently stronger

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What kinds of memories does the engram theory work with?

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All of them

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In terms of an engram, what is short term memory?

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Reverberating activity between synapses

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What does reverberating activity between synapses do to them?

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Strengthens them

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What happens once synapses between neurons reverberate enough?

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The synapses become permanently strengthened, thus creating a long term memory

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Why does only part of a stimulus need to be viewed for an engram to be activated?

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Part of the stimulus only triggers a few neurons, but bc they have strengthened synapses they will all end up firing APs

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What are all memories down to?

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Strengthening synapses

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Which brain area has been the focus of most of research in synaptic strengthening?
Hippocampus/entorhinal cortex
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Which type of NT neurons are involved in memories?
Glutamatergic
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How is synapse strengthening studied?
Stimulate axons in the entorhinal cortex that innervate the hippocampus, causing them to fire APs. Can record membrane potential of postsynaptic neuron
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How does a synapse get stronger?
If a burst of activity happens in the presynaptic neuron (100APs in 100miliseconds) the strength of the synapse is increased--> there is a potentiated AMPAr EPSP which lasts forever--> a larger EPSP as a result of more APs being fired down
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What is long term potentiation?
Increase in the strength of a synapse after repeated stimulation--> lasts long term
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What is a tetanus?
A high frequency burst of APs
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What is the memory response caused by?
Opening of AMPA receptors
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What happens if NMDA receptors are blocked during memory formation/synapse strengthening?
The potentiated EPSP doesnt occur (LTP doesnt form)
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What happens if Ca2+ entry via NMDA receptors is limited during synapse strengthening?
The LTP doesnt occur
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Where is the change that allows a LTP to form?
AMPA receptor
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What is the change to AMPA receptors caused by?
NMDA receptors
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State of NMDA receptor pore at normal membrane potential?
Blocked by Mg2+
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What are NMDA receptors permeable to?
Ca2+ and Na+ both going in
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How is an LTP manifested postsynaptically?
Intracellular AMPA receptors get trafficked to CSM, the AMPA receptors are more sensitive and there is more synapses
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How is an LTP manifested presynaptically?
Increased release of NT, more release sites and more vesicles
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