Possible test questions Flashcards
Norepinephrine
locus ceruleus
dopamine
substania nigra, ventral tegmental area, arcuate nucleus
acetylcholine
magnocellular
serotonin
raphe nucleus
glutamate
intralaminar area of thalamus
anterior hypothalamus associated with
parasympathetic
posterior hypothalamus associated with
sympathetic
reward center
medial forebrain bundle
periventricular nucleus involved in
fear and punishment reactions
positive memory associated with
facilitation
negative memory associated with
habituation
what blocks PKM zeta, which in term blocks memory recall?
zeta inhibitory peptide
what structure allows one side to inhibit the other?
corpus callosum
ventromedial region of the front lobe is connected with
subcortical nuclei (amygdala and hypothalamus)
what cells are hyperactive in OCD?
orbital frontal cortex
output leave cortex via
V and VI
granule cells associated with
II and IV
pyramidal cells associated with
III and V
intracortical association functions
I, II, III
areas associated with wakefulness
oral pontine reticular formation, midBRAIN central tegmentum, posterior hypothalamus
posterior hypothalamus
histamine
sleep promoting areas
midLINE brainstem, dorsolateral medullary reticular formation, anterior hypothalamic preoptic region
another hormone (other than alpha MSH) that can counteract the fever producing effects of IL-1?
endogenous IL-1 receptor antagonist
reward center
hypothalamus
cut brain stem mid pons (above entry CN V) results in
coma
cut brain stem below entry CN V
coma unlikely
sensitization
neuronal circuit loses response to repeated events that are insignificant (facilitation)
habituation
inhibition
hippocampal removal
antrograde (can’t form new memories)
REM ON - areas
medial pontine reticular formation and adjacent reticular tegmental nucleus
which glia supply fuel to neurons in the form of lactate?
astrocytes
which glia are involved in iron metabolism and make and sustain myelin?
oligodendrocytes
microglia
mediate immune response within brain
