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Pluripotent

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5 days after contraception, can make any organ

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Totipotent

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Ability to produce all cells of body

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Multi potent

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Can develop into any nervous system cell

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Neural proliferation

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Generation of new cells

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Symmetrical division

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2 more progenitor cells

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Asymmetrical division

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1 progenitor, 1 neuron

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Cajal retzius cells

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Signal to stop migrating

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Progenitor cells

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Stem cells that give rise to cells of Cns

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Ventricular zone

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Contains progenitor cells

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What is the frontal lobe involved in?

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Memory formation
Emotions
Decision making
Personality

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What are the cortical regions of the frontal lobe?

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Primary motor cortex: controls movement of body
Broca’s area: speech/ language, left side only
Orbitofrontal frontal cortex: site of frontal lobotomies

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Prefrontal cortex

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Personality, last to mature

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What does the parietal lobe do?

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Senses
Spatial awareness/perception
Proprioception: awareness of body in space and in relation to itself

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Cortical regions of parietal lobe?

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Primary somatosensory cortex (post central gyrus): processes tactile information
Somatosensory association cortex: integration/interpretation of sensations relative to body position
Primary gustatory cortex: taste

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What does the occipital lobe do?

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Processes, integrates, and interprets vision

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What are the cortical regions of the occipital lobe?

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Primary visual cortex: responsible for processes of sight

Visual association area: interprets info from primary visual cortex

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What does the temporal lobe do?

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Hearing
Organization/comprehension of language
Information retrieval and memory formation

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Cortical regions of temporal lobe?

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Primary auditory cortex: hearing
Primary olfactory cortex: interprets sense of smell
Wernickes area: language comprehension, left side only
Accurate fascicolus: white matter tract that connects Broca’s area to wernickes area, allows for coordinated/comprehensive speech

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Neocortex

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Newest cortex, analytical mind

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Limbic cortex

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Old cortex, emotional mind

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Limbic system functions

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Emotional brain
Emotional hearing
Associated with memory
Associated with pain/pleasure, rage

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Psychopharmacology

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Scientific study of effects of drugs on behavior

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Pharmocokinetics

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Study of drugs moving around body

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Cingulate gyrus

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Emotion formation, processing, learning, memory. Behavioral outcomes to motivation. Depression/schizophrenia

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Basal ganglia

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Collection of nuclei that controls movement

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Thalamus

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Motor control, auditory/somatosensory/visual. Sleep/awake states

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Papez circuit

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Memory

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Tectum

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Dorsal vision, hearing

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Tegmentum

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Species typical behavior

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Pons

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Cranial nerve

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Cerebellum

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Damage: impaired standing,walking, coordination

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Medulla oblongata

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Breathing/heart rate

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Pharmacodynamics

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Interaction of drug and receptor responsible for action in body

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Additive effects

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1+1=2

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Synergistic effects

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1+1=10

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Glutamate

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Excitatory

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GABA

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Inhibitory

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Acetlycholine

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Facilitates learning/motor

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Norepinephrine

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Vigilance, enhances readiness to react to environment

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Histamine

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Awake

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Serotonin

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Mood/impulse

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Dopamine

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Motor control/reinforcement

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Amygdala

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Fear/anxiety, emotions

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Basal ganglia

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Movement

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Brain stem

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Info between brain and spinal column

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Cerebellum

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Motor coordination, balance

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Hippocampus

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Memory, learn new info

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Hypothalamus

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Eating, sex

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Neocortex

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Complex thinking, feeling, movement

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Nucleus accumbens

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Reward

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Spinal cord

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Info between body and brain

51
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Benzodiazepines

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Indirect GABA agonist, tranquilizer, Valium

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Caffeine

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Adenosine antagonist, keeps you awake

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Fluoxetine

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Inhibits reputable of serotonin, Prozac

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Cocaine

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Inhibits trip take of dopamine

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Heroin

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Full opioid agonist

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L-dopa

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Increases level of precursor for dopamine

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LSD

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Stimulates serotonin receptors

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Naloxone

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Opiod antagonist

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Nicotine

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Triggers nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

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Sarin

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Blocks acetylcholine reuptake, agonist

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THC

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Triggers endocanmabinoid lipids

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Viagra

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Nitric oxide

Biological Basis Of Behavior (3 decks)

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