Quiz 5-8

Question 0

Glutamate can become dysregulated to the point at which it overstimulates neurons and causes them to die out. This is called:

Answer 0

Exocitosis

Question 1

Botox, atropine, and curare are all antagonists for:

Answer 1

Acetylcholine

Question 2

The metabolic precursor for norepinephrine is:

Answer 2

Dopamine (DA)

Question 3

What is the most prevalent excitatory NT in the brain?

Answer 3

Glutamate

Question 4

Benzodiazapines, barbiturates, and alcohol are all agonists for:

Answer 4

GABA

Question 5

ACH has 2 types of receptors. What are they?

Answer 5

Nicotinic and muscarinic

Question 6

3 effects that occur when ACH binds to it’s receptors

Answer 6

Increased cerebral blood flow, decreased anxiety, and increase in speed of cognitive processing

Question 7

The 4 classes of NTs:

Answer 7

1. Amino acids
2. Monoamines
3. Neuropeptides
4. Unconventional

Question 8

NT that is associated with with conducting pain messages

Answer 8

Substance P

Question 9

CCK is a neuropeptide that is associated with:

Answer 9

Blocking pain messages and signaling satiety

Question 10

Endogenous opiate peptides include these 3 classes of NTs:

Answer 10

Endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins

Question 11

2 drugs that mind with opiate receptors:

Answer 11

Morphine and codein

Question 12

5-HT is metabolized from

Answer 12

Tryptophan

Question 13

In the pineal gland 5-HT is converted into

Answer 13

Melatonin

Question 14

LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, and mescaline are all agonists for:

Answer 14

5-HT

Question 15

This is located in the inferior temporal love and processes info pertaining to face recognition

Answer 15

Fusion face area

Question 16

What allows a person to recognize places they have seen/been before?

Answer 16

Paragippocampal place area

Question 17

Both the visual and auditory systems in the brain have:

Answer 17

Dorsal and ventral streams

Question 18

Prosopagnosia is

Answer 18

Face-blindness

Question 19

Motion, depth perception and spatial relations are processed where?

Answer 19

In the medial temporal region of the cortex

Question 20

Term that describes how the Where and What visual streams produce a unified visual perception

Answer 20

Binding

Question 21

The skin senses are part of what system?

Answer 21

Exteroceptive

Question 22

What system monitors info about the position of the body?

Answer 22

Proprioceptive

Question 23

2 structures that are included in the descending pain pathway are:

Answer 23

The pariaqueductal and periventricular gray areas

Question 24

NSAIDS and other anti-inflammatory medications reduce pain by blocking the production of:

Answer 24

Prostaglandins

Question 25

The NT that appears to be implicated in producing the effects of motion sickness is:

Answer 25

Histamine

Question 26

The hate theory of pain perception states that once pain is perceived in the somatosensory cortex, inhibitory messages are sent to the spinal cord which cause endorphin to be released into where stopping pain messages at the spinal cord?

Answer 26

Substantia gelatinosa

Question 27

Olfactory processing takes place primarily in:

Answer 27

The piriform complex

Question 28

Fibromyalgia and phantom limb would be examples of what kind of pain?

Answer 28

Neuropathic

Question 29

The primary gustatory cortex is located in the:

Answer 29

Insula

Question 30

What kind of attention determines that some stimuli are processed and other stimuli are ignored?

Answer 30

Selective

Question 31

This phenomenon demonstrates that the brain can block awareness of stimuli except those of a particular kind, while unconsciously monitoring the blocked-out stimuli just in case something occurs that requires attention.

Answer 31

Cocktail party phenomenon