Neurophysiology

Question 0

Neurotransmission: (2004)

Explain the physiological reasons why an action potential arriving at a synapse might not be conducted.

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Question 1

Neurotransmission: (2006/09)

Describe how an action potential is propagated along a nerve axon.

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Question 2

Neurotransmission: (2003)

Explain the working of a monosynaptic stretch reflex.

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Question 3

Neurotransmission: (2001)
Draw the nerve pathway involved in the withdrawal of a limb to heat. What type of nerve fibres are involved in the afferent and efferent neurons?

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Question 4

Cerebral Physiology: (2008)

Describe the Kety-Schmidt technique of measuring cerebral blood flow.

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Question 5

Cerebral Physiology: (2007)

Outline the factors that determine intracranial pressure and explain the physiological mechanisms that control it.

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Question 6

Cerebral Physiology: (2002)

Define autoregulation with respect to organ blood flow. Use the brain as an example to describe the mechanisms involved.

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Question 7

Cerebral Physiology: (2001)

What is normal intracranial pressure? How is cerebral blood flow controlled?

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Question 8

Others: (2012)
Describe the physiological basis of using somatosensory evoked potentials, motor evoked potentials and electromyography to monitor spinal cord function during general anaesthesia.

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Question 9

Pain Physiology: (2011)

Describe the neurophysiological mechanisms involved in post-herpetic neuralgia.

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