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Possible test questions Flashcards

1
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Norepinephrine

A

locus ceruleus

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2
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dopamine

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substania nigra, ventral tegmental area, arcuate nucleus

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3
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acetylcholine

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magnocellular

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4
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serotonin

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raphe nucleus

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5
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glutamate

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intralaminar area of thalamus

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6
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anterior hypothalamus associated with

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parasympathetic

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7
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posterior hypothalamus associated with

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sympathetic

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8
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reward center

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medial forebrain bundle

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9
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periventricular nucleus involved in

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fear and punishment reactions

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10
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positive memory associated with

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facilitation

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11
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negative memory associated with

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habituation

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12
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what blocks PKM zeta, which in term blocks memory recall?

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zeta inhibitory peptide

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13
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what structure allows one side to inhibit the other?

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corpus callosum

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14
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ventromedial region of the front lobe is connected with

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subcortical nuclei (amygdala and hypothalamus)

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15
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what cells are hyperactive in OCD?

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orbital frontal cortex

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16
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output leave cortex via

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V and VI

17
Q

granule cells associated with

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II and IV

18
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pyramidal cells associated with

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III and V

19
Q

intracortical association functions

A

I, II, III

20
Q

areas associated with wakefulness

A

oral pontine reticular formation, midBRAIN central tegmentum, posterior hypothalamus

21
Q

posterior hypothalamus

A

histamine

22
Q

sleep promoting areas

A

midLINE brainstem, dorsolateral medullary reticular formation, anterior hypothalamic preoptic region

23
Q

another hormone (other than alpha MSH) that can counteract the fever producing effects of IL-1?

A

endogenous IL-1 receptor antagonist

24
Q

reward center

A

hypothalamus

25
Q

cut brain stem mid pons (above entry CN V) results in

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coma

26
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cut brain stem below entry CN V

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coma unlikely

27
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sensitization

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neuronal circuit loses response to repeated events that are insignificant (facilitation)

28
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habituation

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inhibition

29
Q

hippocampal removal

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antrograde (can’t form new memories)

30
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REM ON - areas

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medial pontine reticular formation and adjacent reticular tegmental nucleus

31
Q

which glia supply fuel to neurons in the form of lactate?

A

astrocytes

32
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which glia are involved in iron metabolism and make and sustain myelin?

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oligodendrocytes

33
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microglia

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mediate immune response within brain

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