Neuroscience 2 Flashcards

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Neuraxis standing upright

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back: dorsal
Bottom: caudal
Frint: ventral

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Neuraxis curved

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front: rostral
back: caudal
top: dorsal
bottom: ventral

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induced lesion study

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human brain lesions are rarely isolated to a specific structure, but animals brain lesions can be studied

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stimulation and observation

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electrically stimulate an area of the brain, Often used on epileptic patients

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single cell recording

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electrodes used to insert into nervous tissue, neural activity recorded

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CT scan

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  • structural imaging
  • relatively quick and inexpensive
  • low resolution
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MRI

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  • structural imaging
  • precise and detailed image
  • aligns H+ ions
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PET Scan

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  • functional imaging
  • invasive
  • use of radioactive materials
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fMRI

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  • function imaging
  • non-invasive
  • looks at brain O2 use
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EEG & ERP

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  • functional imaging

- through a cap on the scalp

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Hind Brain

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  • made up of te medulla, pons, reticular formation and cerebellum
  • relas info to cerebellum
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medulla

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regulates vital body functions

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pons

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relays info about movement

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reticular formation

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posture and balacnce

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cerebellum

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coordinates movement

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Midbrain

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made up of the tectum and tegmentum

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tectum

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  • superior colliculus: eye movement and visual reflexes

- inferior colliculus: auditory integration

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tegmentum

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  • red nucleus: motor control

- substantia nigra: reward related behaviour

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Forebrain

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made up of the hypothalmus, pituitary gland, thalmus, amygdala and hippocampus

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hypothalmus

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fight, flight, feeding, reproduction

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pitutitary gland

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anterior: recieves signals from hypothalmus
posterior: releases oxytocin and vasopressin (regulates thirst, uterine contractions, lactation)

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thalmus

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processes and relays info to selective areas of the cerebral cortex

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amygdala

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fear response

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hippocampus

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memory, ability to navigate

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Cerebral cortex

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made up of 4 parts occipital lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, frontal lobe

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how do we increase surface area

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gyri and sulci

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deep grooves to divide areas

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fissures

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occipital lobe

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basic visual processing

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temporal lobe

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higher visual processing

basic auditory processing

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parietal lobe

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processing touch
spatioal representation
homonculus

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homonculus

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area associates with more sensory or movement is assignemed more of parietal lobe (finger tips)

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frontal lobe

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decision making

motor control

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symmetry

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many structures exist on both sides of the brain

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asymmetry

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functions specializing on one side of brain

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brocas area

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left side

production of speech

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Wernicke’s area

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left side

comprehension of speech

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corpus collosum

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send info between 2 hemispheres

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split brain syndrome

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unable to communicate between 2 hemispheres

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Left brain lateralization

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  • words and letters
  • language sounds
  • verbal memory
  • speech and grammar rules
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Right brain lateralization

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  • geometric shapes and patterns
  • faces
  • non language cues
  • non verbal memory
  • sense of direction
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theory of mind

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the ability to attribute mental states and understand that others beliefs may be different than our own

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phantom limb

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lost a limb but still experience sensation ther

treat with mirrir box or addapting inanimate object as own