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Reflex

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An automatic, stereotyped movement produced as the direct result of a stimulus

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The Neuron:
number

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10 billion to a trillion
(most popular estimate is 86 billion)
10,000 connections each

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The Neuron:
parts

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dendrites
cell body (or “soma”)
axon
terminal endings (or terminal buttons)

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Nerve Impulse

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= ACTION POTENTIAL

Potential quite literally means energy

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Resting Potential

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-70 mV

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What does the stimulation of neurons let in?

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Na+ ions

which makes the inside more positive: -70, -69, -68, -67

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What happens when there are enough Na+ ions in for the potential to be reduced to -55 mV?

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The doors (ion gates) to the cell membrane are flung open allowing for Na+ to rush in.

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What is the maximum potential?

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+40 mV

potential shoots up to +40 mV, so the inside is now positive relative to the outside (the ACTION POTENTIAL)

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What and how is potential reduced back to -70 mV?

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Ion pumps work to reduce potential back to -70 mV by pushing positive ions out (actually K+ because Na+ goes out slower; then ANOTHER pump takes Na+ back out and puts K+ back in)

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What mV is considered a threshold?

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-55 mV

below that voltage, there is no action potential – firing is “all-or-none”

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True of False: More intense stimulation causes a more intense action potential.

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FALSE

Just more frequent ones (up to 1000/sec!), and in more neurons

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What part of the neuron does action potential travel down?

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Axon

action potential travels down length of axon by depolarizing neighboring areas

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What speed does action potential travel?

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50 to 100 m/sec

NOT at speed of electrical current in wire

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Synapse

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Gap between two neurons (the presynaptic and the postsynaptic neurons)

terminal endings of presynaptic neuron relay impulse to dendrites of postsynaptic neuron

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What do terminal buttons contain?

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Little sacs (“vesicles”) of chemicals (“neurotransmitters”)

at action potential, vesicles burst and release neurotransmitters into synapse

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What opens ion gates to allow Na+ inside in the first place?

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Neurotransmitters

Receptor molecules on membrane of dendrite are like little locks to be opened

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What is it called when neurotransmitters let Na+ inside?

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excitatory (more likely to fire) because potential is getting smaller, toward -55

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What is it called when a gate is opened that pushed positive K+ ions out?

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Inhibitory (less likely to fire) because potential is getting larger (e.g., -70, -71, -72)

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NERVOUS SYSTEM (“NS”)

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central
peripheral
somatic
autonomic
sympathetic
parasympathetic

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central

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center
(brain, spinal cord)

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peripheral

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outside of center
(everything else aside from brain & spinal cord)

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somatic

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body
(muscles, senses)

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autonomic

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self rule
(vital functions: heart rate, breathing, digestion, reproduction)

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sympathetic

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excited states
- arousal: mobilizes for emergency (speeds heart and lungs, inhibits digestion and sexual function)

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parasympathetic

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vegetative, calm states
- calm: conserves energy (slows heart and lungs, etc.)

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hindbrain

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medulla
pons
cerebellum

cat transected above hindbrain: can move but not act

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medulla

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breathing, heartbeat, blood circulation

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pons

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arousal and attention

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cerebellum

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integration of muscles to perform fine movements, but no coordination / direction of these movements; balance

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midbrain

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forms movements into acts; controls whole body responses to visual and auditory stimuli

cat transected above midbrain can act, but without regard to environment: without purpose

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forebrain

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thalamus
hypothalamus
basal ganglia
limbic system
cerebral cortex

  • cat transected above limbic system: acts normal, with purpose but clumsy
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thalamus

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sensory and motor relay center (to various cerebral lobes)

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hypothalamus

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controls responses to basic needs (food, temperature, sex)

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basal ganglia

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regulates muscle contractions for smooth movements

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limbic system

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memory [hippocampus (seahorse)] and emotion [amygdala (almond)]

36
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cerebral cortex (or “neocortex”)

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four lobes (frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal); seat of “higher” intellectual functions

37
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cerebral hemispheres (or cerebrum)

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corpus callosum
cerebral cortex

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corpus callosum

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  • connects hemispheres
  • each hemisphere controls OPPOSITE SIDE of body
  • large band of neural fibers
  • largest “commissure” (or pathway between hemispheres) of the brain
  • but not the ONLY one!
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cerebral cortex (= skin or bark)

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1 to 3 mm thick; 2 or 3 ft square if flattened out

higher motor, sensory, and intellectual functions

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Localization of Cortical Function

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Phineas Gage & Paul Broca

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Phineas Gage (1848)

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personality in brain

  • explosion sent iron rod through skull removing part of frontal lobe (probably pre-fontal area)
  • resulting personality change from responsible and gentle to argumentative, impulse and vile
  • but this description is probably exaggerated
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Paul Broca (1865)

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identified region in patient’s brain responsible for speech

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Carl Wernicke (1874)

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identified separate region responsible for comprehension

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FOUR LOBES of cortex

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anatomical areas:
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital love
temporal lobe

45
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frontal lobe

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planning; social behavior; motor control

front of brain

46
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parietal lobe

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somatosensory (sense of touch)

on top and forward back of brain

47
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occipital lobe

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vision

back of brain

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temporal lobe

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hearing, memory

side of brain

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TWO GENERAL RULES of cortical function

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  1. Left and Right Hemisphere
  2. Front and Back
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Left Hemisphere

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language

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Right Hemisphere

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spatial abilities

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Front

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expression / actions / plans

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Back

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reception / perceptions / interpretations

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Damage to Non-Primary (“Association”) Cortex

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pre-frontal lesions
apraxia
agnosia
neglect
aphasia

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pre-frontal lesions

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loss of planning, moral reasoning, sensitivity to social context

or…loss of initiation of action, deliberation

56
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apraxia

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(“no doing”)

failure in sequencing components of actions; inability to organize moments

  • FRONTAL - lesions just forward of motor corte
  • NOT paralysis, as from motor cortex lesion
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agnosia

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(“no knowing”)

deficit in interpreting, categorizing, labeling, knowing

  • OCCIPITAL (visual) or TEMPORAL (auditory) lesions
  • sensory systems themselves (e.g., eyes) are okay
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neglect

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RIGHT hemisphere (PARIETAL) damage causes inattention to whole left side

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aphasia

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LEFT hemisphere (FRONTAL or TEMPORAL) damage causes deficits in language function

disorder of language

  • left hemisphere brain lesions
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expressive aphasia

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cannot produce speech

  • lesion to BROCA’S AREA (frontal assoc. area)
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receptive aphasia

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cannot understand speech - and consequently cannot produce speech

  • lesion to WERNICKE’S AREA (temporal assoc. area)
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receptive aphasia

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cannot understand speech - and consequently cannot produce speech

  • lesion to WERNICKE’S AREA (temporal assoc. area)
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Functional Areas

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association cortex
motor cortex
somatosensory cortex
broca’s area
auditory cortex
wernicke’s area
visual cortex

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motor cortex

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damage to this area means you cannot move

65
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somatosensory cortex

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feeling of the skin

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broca’s area

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language

67
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association cortex

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non-primary areas of brain

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auditory cortex

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hearing

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wernicke’s area

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understanding a language

70
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visual cortex

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seeing

71
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split brain studies

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sever corpus callosum to reduce severity of seizures

leaves patient mostly normal, but with left and right brain independent in subtle ways

72
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note visual pathways

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left side of each eye sends info to left hemisphere

right side of each eye sends info to right hemisphere

73
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left visual field goes to…

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right hemisphere

74
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right visual field goes to…

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left hemisphere

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