Synaptic plasticity

Question 1

Pavlovian conditioning

Answer 1

Association between a neutral stimilus and a positive or negative stimulus.

Question 2

Operant conditioning

Answer 2

Associating a voluntary behaviour with a concequence.

Question 3

Tone-cued fear

Answer 3

Hippocampus independent, Amygdala dependent

Question 4

Contextual fear

Answer 4

Hippocampus dependent, amygdala dependent.

Question 5

The objects location memory task requires:

Answer 5

Hippocampus

Question 6

The rotarod task requires:

Answer 6

Motor cortex and cerebellum

Question 7

Anisomycin

Answer 7

Protein synsthesis inhibitor. New proteins are the essential building blocks to strengthen neuronal connections

Question 8

Protein synthesis is required for:

Answer 8

Making new axonal-dendritic connections

Strengthening existing connections

Question 9

Synaptic plasticity

Answer 9

Process of making new connections and/or changing the strength of existing connections.

Question 10

Long-term potentation (LTP)

Answer 10

Form of synaptic plasticity and the molecular basis of memory storage.

Question 11

E-LTP

Answer 11

A weak form of learning that is not persistent. (Short-term memory that is not consolidated into long-term memory)

Question 12

EPSP

Answer 12

Measure of relative strength of the neuronal connections before and after stimulation

Question 13

L-LTP

Answer 13

A strong form of learning that is persistent (Short-term memory that is succesfully consolidated into long-term memory)

Question 14

NMDA receptors

Answer 14

Essential for LTP induction and the initiaition of memory formation.

Question 15

Cofilin

Answer 15

Protein that breaks down spines when it is activated. (highly activated in sleep-deprived hippocampus)