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Sleep and Memory Flashcards

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When is memory consolidated?

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during sleep, emotionally significant memories especially

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EGG waves are summation of what?

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synchronous postsynaptic potentials (EPSP’s & IPSP’s) in large populations of neurons

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The ______ the synchrony the _____ the amplitude

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greater, larger

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Sleep oscillates between _____ stages every _____ minutes (also name the two stages)

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2 stages every 90 mins

REM & non-REM (slow-wave)

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How are sleep stages distinguished?

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distinguished by EEG

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When do you see non-REM sleep? What happens to the EEG waves? When do you see slow wave sleep?

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as sleep depends (stages 1-4)
EEG waves increase in amplitude & decrease in frequency
4th stage, however is curtailed through the night

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What is REM sleeps EEG similar to? What is the frequency and amplitude of the EEG waves like?

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waking

EEGs are low amplitude & high frequency

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The first half of nocturnal sleep is dominated by _____ whereas the second half is dominated by _______.

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SWS, REM

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Do you spend more or less time in deep sleep as you age?

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LESS; in early adulthood the amount of SWS begins to decline, elderly adults typically have relatively short periods of slow-wave sleep & fewer of them

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The reticular pathways are for what and project to where?

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for wakefulness/arousal; is initiated & maintained by them and project to the thalamus & cortex

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Pathways that activate the THALAMUS facilitiate what and what is the pathway?

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facilitate transmission of information from thalamus to cortex
cholinergic pontine pathways (pedunculopontine & lateral dorsal tegmental nuclei)

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When is the cholinergie pontine pathway most active?

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during waking & REM sleep; less active in non-REM sleep

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Pathways that activate the CORTEX faciliate what and what are the pathways?

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facilitate processing of input from thalamus

  • monoaminergic pathway: NE from locus ceruleus, serotonin from raphe nucleus, dopamine from periaqueductal grey
  • cholinergic pathway from basal forebrain nucleus
  • orexin/hypocretin pathway from lateral hypothalamus
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What part of the brain regulates sleep?

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hypothalamus specifically the VLPO (ventrolateral preoptic) nucleus; it inhibits (via GABA & galanin) all hypothalamic & brain stem nuclei that participate in arousal, induces drowsiness, discharges selectively throughout non-REM sleep

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What does the suprachiasmatic nucleus respond to?

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ambient light & dark cycles

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What does the SCN project?

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light-dark phases to supraventricular zone (SPZ) & dorsal medial nuclei of hypothalamus (DMH)

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What does the DMH inhibit & what input does it need first?

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with light DMH promotes wakefulness by inhiting VLPO via GABA neurons & stimulating orexin neurons via glutamate neurons

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What do cytokines do in relation to circadian control of sleep?

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disrupt circadian sleep cycle during illness= sleep during the day so can recover

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How many sleep-wake phases are generated by different sets of reticular nuclei?

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THREE

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Cortical arousal and processing of sensory info is maintained by excitation of what three things?

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cholinergric neurons from LDT, PPT
NE neurons
serotonin-5HT

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What do cholinergic neurons from LDT, PPT activate?

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thalamic processing of sensory information and activate cortex via nucleus basalis

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NE neurons directly activate what?

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cortex; NE comes from locus ceruleus

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Serotonin-5HT directly activates what?

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cortex; serotonin comes from dorsal raphe nuclei

24
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Memory consolidation occurs first in ________ and final consolidation of memory occurs in __________. What stage (SWS or REM) is each dominated by?

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early nocturnal sleep: dominated by SWS stages 2, 3, 4

late nocturnal sleep: dominated by REM

25
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What is early nocturnal sleep good for?

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consolidation of memory & procedural memory

26
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What is late nocturnal sleep good for?

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final consolidation of memory

27
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In relation to causing wakefulness, what do neurons in the posterolateral hypothalamus do to the brainstem?

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excites brainstem neurotransmitter system; it sends excitatory signals via forebrain & thalamus to the cortex & inhibits sleep-active neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area

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Is SWS or NREM sleep inhibition or activation of cholinergic & adrenergic pathways? It is associated with synchronous activity b/w what parts of the brain?

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INHIBITION

b/w the cortex & thalamus (SWs)

29
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During SWS/NREM sleep what neurons inhibit all the ascending arousal system? What are the parts of the ascending arousal system?

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ventrolateral preoptic neurons inhibit.
includes: serotonin from the dorsal raphe nucleus; acetyl choline from laterodorsal tegmental & pedunculopontine areas LDT/PPT; NE from locus coeruleus

30
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What are the characteristics of SWS/NREM sleep?

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  • decrease in afferent neural input into cortex
  • decrease in muscle tone, HR, breathing, BP & metabolic rate (can still be tossing & turning/sleep walking w/o dreaming); inactive mind in an active body
31
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REM sleep is excitation of what neurons from where? What do they stimulate?

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cholinergic neurons from LDT/PPT

stimulate thalamo-cortical activity, rapid eye movement, & PGO waves in visual cortex

32
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What is inhibited in REM sleep?

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serotonergric neurons in raphe

33
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What is REM characterized by?

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  • high brain activity

- transient paralysis

34
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What are the two distinct types of REM?

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  • phasic REM

- tonic REM

35
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What is phasic REM?

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extensive rapid eye movements, high activity in several areas of the brain, external sounds (are suppressed)

36
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What is tonic REM?

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absence of eye movements, increased reactivity to outside stimuli, increased activity in auditory cortex

37
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What is disinhibited in REM and what does this allow?

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disinhibit cholinergic LDT/PPT neurons which activate thalamic structure and produce cortical desyncrhonisation
medial medullary nuclei produce atonia

38
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What are the characteristics of REM in general?

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  • rapid eye movements
  • paralysis of lg muscles
  • increased BP, HR & metabolism
  • dreaming, visual hallucinations
  • active mind in an inactive body
39
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What are some physiological functions that correlate w/REM stage?

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  • eye movements
  • heart rate
  • respiration rate
  • penile erection
40
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What do LDT/PPT cholinergic neurons do to REM activity?

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STIMULATE IT!

41
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What do NE & serotonergic neurons do?

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locally inhibit LDT/PPT neurons

42
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Feedback activity b/w LDT/PPT and NE & serotonergic neurons does what?

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determines the length of REM & NREM sleep periods

43
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Declarative memories encoded by the ______ are _________ during SWS & thereby consolidated in several cortical areas for ________ storage.

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hippocampus; reactivated; consolidated

44
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What neurotransmitter regulates the activation of memory traces in the hippocampus?

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acetyl choline (from the nucleus basalis, septum & pontine nuclei)

45
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What does increased Ach do?

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increases sensory input & encoding w/in the hippocampus

46
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What does decreased Ach do during SWS?

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increases reactivation of memories in hippocampus & their transfer to neocortex

47
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During sleep what are reactivated and consolidated and where?

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memories (especially emotional memories)

in the cortex

48
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Why don’t you form declarative memories as well during waking?

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B/c they are labile & easily disrupted by interference of other sensory inputs

49
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Does reactivation during wakefulness have the same or opposite effect as reactivation during SWS? aka do you stabilize memories during wakefulness?

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opposite effect, memories labile & easily susceptible to modest modification

50
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Memories consolidated during REM enable __________.

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insight= discovery of hidden correlations across multiple episodes not just from one

51
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What do consolidated memories provide that facilitates learning & storage of new information of the same kind?

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A SCHEMA

52
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What does the septum regulate? What does it underlie?

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memory encoding in hippocampus

underlies theta rhythm

53
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What does the theta rhythm of the septum do?

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separates encoding of current stimuli & retrieval or episodic memory cued by current stimuli–> so don’t get interference b/w simultaneous encoding & retrieval

54
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Where does the nucleus basalis (meynert) project to? To do what? What disease affects it?

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Neocortex
to facilitate memory consolidation
degenerates w/Alzheimer’s

55
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What are the characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease?

A
  • degeneration of cortex, cholinergic & other neuromodulatory tracts
  • amyloid plaques (extracellular)
  • neurfibrillary tangles (intracellular)
  • inability to consolidate short term into long term memories
56
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What is the other disease which causes loss of memory consolidation?

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Korsakoff’s syndrome; also causes cofabulation.
due to degeneration of thalamic nuclei & mammillary bodies from alcoholism.
bilateal hippocampectomy & loss of cholinergic septal input.
only long term memory present.

57
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What is the Papez circuit?

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circular route which connects hippocampus/amygdala to cingulate & prefrontal cortex via mediodorsal thalamus

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