Prelims Flashcards
a detection method in which x-ray/photographic film is exposed to emissions from radioisotopes on TLC plates to produce image on film
Autoradiogphy
an imp. biophysical technique that enables separation, identification, & purification of components of a mixture for qualitative & quantitative analysis
Chromatography
method to locate peptides & proteins in brain
In Situ Hybridization
WAIS vs Winconsin
WAIS - intelligence
Winconsin - exec function
M vs P pathway
4 P - color, fine detail
2 M - motion, depth
Dorsal vs Ventral stream
Dorsal - where
Ventral - what
inability to perceive smooth motion
Akinetopsia
Inability to recognize stimuli
Agnosia
Prosopagnosia and Asomatognosia damage to?
Fusiform face area (FFA)
Right parietal lobe
Anatomy of the Eye (6 muscles)
2 recti
4 oblique
What type of cutaneous receptor?
Pain and temperature
Free nerve endings
What type of cutaneous receptor?
Pressure and vibration
Pacinian corpuscles
What type of cutaneous receptor?
Texture
Merkel receptors
What type of cutaneous receptor?
Cont. Pressure
Stretching of skin
Skin deformation
Ruffini corpuscles
What sensory pathway/ tract?
Pain, temp, crude touch
Damage: sensory loss
Spinothalamic
What tract
Pain and arousal
To the reticular formation in brainstem
Spinoreticular
What tract
Reflexive responses to sensory stimuli
Coordination of head and eye movement
Mesencephalic tectum: superior colliculi
Spinotectal
small, dark pigmented midbrain nucleus within mesencephalon
part of Basal Ganglia: group of nuclei for regulation of voluntary motor control, cognition, emotion
Substantia nigra