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W11 + W12: Biological Psychology Flashcards

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Part of the nervous system

Contains the brain and spinal cord

Controls mind and behaviour

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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Nerves in the body that extend outside the CNS

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Parts of CNS

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Cortex (frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe)

Basal Ganglia

Limbic system (thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus)

Cerebellum

Brain stem (midbrain, pons, medulla)

Spinal cord

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Which part of the CNS is responsible for Parkinson’s disease and Schizophrenia?

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Basal Ganglia - important for decision making and motor control

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Somatic Nervous System

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Receives sensory inputs and delivers motor/muscle output

Control and coordinate voluntary movement

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How does the process of sensory input to motor output i the somatic nervous system work?

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Skin (sensory input) –> dorsal root –> spinal cord –> brain –> spinal cord –> ventral root –> muscle

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Control involuntary actions of the internal organs and glands, which (along with the limbic system) participates in emotion regulation

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What are the division of the Autonomic Nervous System?

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Parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digestion)

Sympathetic nervous system (arousals and emergencies)

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Hormones

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Chemicals released into the bloodstream that trigger specific effects in the body

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What control the endocrine system?

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the hypothalamus

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The Endocrine System

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System of glands and hormones

Controls secretion of blood-born chemical messengers

Corporate with the limbic system to regulate emotion

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Major endocrine gland and hormones

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Pituitary gland + pituitary hormones (e.g. oxytocin, growth hormones, ACTH)

Adrenal gland + adrenaline, cortisol

Sexual reproductive glands (testes, ovaries) + sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen)

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Why is the peripheral nerves important?

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Because depending on the whereabouts of the spinal injury on the spinal cord will dictate how many deficits occurred in the organ or skeletal muscle

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Six areas of peripheral nerves

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Cranial

Cervical

Thoracic

Lumbar

Sacral

Coccygeal

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Four lobes of cerebrum

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Frontal (movement, short-term memory, some emotions)

Parietal (body sensation)

Occipital (vision)

Temporal (hearing, advanced visual processing)

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Communication of Brain to Body

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Peripheral Nervous System - faster comms but targeted area

Hormones - slower comms but larger range

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How is the brain protected and nourished?

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In several ways, including:
- The Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)

  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
  • Meninges
  • Glial cells
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How does the CSF flow?

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CSF in the ventricle –> down the spinal cord via the subarachnoid space –> up the spinal cord –> around the subarachnoid space and around the brain –> then get replenished

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What make CSF?

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The choroid plexus in the lateral and third ventricle

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What make CSF?

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The choroid plexus in the lateral and third ventricle

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Four ‘ventricles’

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Lateral, third, fourth, cerebral aqueduct

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Meninges

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Strong layers that protect and nourish the brain and the spinal cord

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Meninges include:

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Dura mater (toughest layer)

Arachnoid mater

Pia mater

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Where is Broca’s area located?

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Frontal Lobe

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What's included in the Hindbrain?
Pons, Medulla
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What's included in the Midbrain?
Superior (blind sight) and inferior (heard sense) colliculi
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What's a significant function of the Cerebellum?
Procedural memory - refine movement and coordination
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What's included in the Subcortical Area?
Basal Ganglia, Limbic System
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Limbic System
Cingulate gyrus - connects cortex to the limbic system Thalamus - relays sensory and motor stimuli from the parietal cortex to the cortex Hypothalamus - promotes body homeostasis Hippocampus: spatial and reward-related memory Amygdala: fear, arousal, excitement Olfactory bulb: receives direct olfactory information from receptors in the nose - can lead to rapid emotional and motivating responses
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Type of neuron
Sensory Motor Interneuron
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Why do neurons reduce over the cause of development?
Over the cause of development, neurons that are not regularly used, not working very well and not as strong as others, are trimmed back so that only the strong and well-functioned neurons are kept, for optimum communication and complex processing.
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Types of brain cells
Neurons Glial cells - astrocytes and oligodendrocytes Ependymal - lined the CSF-filled ventricles (create new neurons - neurogenesis) Microglia - removing dead or degenerating neurons or glia (phagocytosis)
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Main part of neurons
Soma (cell body) Dendrites Axon Presynaptic terminal
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Resting membrane potential
Electrical potential difference that exist across the plasma membrane when the cells are at rest Characteristics feature excitable cells, e.g. neurons, muscle cells Primarily maintain by distriution of ions, particularly Potassium (K+) and Sodium (Na+)
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What are the positions of Potassium (K+) and Sodium (Na+) in terms of the plasma membrane?
K+: inside the plasma membrane (the cytosol) Na+: outside the plasma membrane (extracellular fluid)
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Why is the resting potential of the inside of the cell negative?
Because there are many Chlorine - ions (Cl-) and large proteins (-)
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Usual resting membrane potential
-70mV
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Electrical gradient
The difference in electrical charge of 2 adjacent area Outside to inside --> positive to negative (less chance)
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Concentration gradient
Different in concentration of 2 adjacent areas Too much K+ ions --> K+ ions will flow to another area with less K+ ions (more chance) inside to outside (inside cell has more K+ ions than outside)
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Voltage - gated channel and its critical threshold
Voltage-gated channels Na+: -closed when neuron is at rest - critical threshold to open -50mV Voltage-gated channels K+ - closed when neuron is at rest - Open when cell becomes positive (30mV)
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Where does the Action Potential begin?
At the Axon Hillock, then happens in each section of the axon
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What's the difference between K+ channels and voltage-gated K+ channels?
K+ channels are open at equilibrium (open when neuron is at rest) Voltage-gated K+ channel ONLY open when cell is positive (30mV)
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Basically, what is happening when neuron is at rest?
K+ channel are open at equilibrium, voltage-gated K+ channel are closed Na+ channel are closed Na+/K+ pump is setting up potential
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Thresholds for depolarisation, repolarisation and hyperpolarisation
Depolarisation (less negative): -50mV, Na+ channels open Repolarisation/ refractory period: 30mV, Na+ channel close, K+ channel open (efflux of K+) --> making inside of cell negative Hyperpolarisation: recovery period, <-70mV, returning back to resting potential at -70mV
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What's EPSP?
Excitatory Post Synaptic Potential Brings in positive charge ions --> DEPOLARISATION
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Can EPSP cause Action Potential?
Small EPSPs cannot cause Action Potential as there's not enough positive charge Big EPSPs can cause Action Potential, however can be cancelled out by big IPSPs
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What is IPSP?
Inhibitory Post Synaptic Potential Brings in negative charge ions --> HYPERPOLARISATION
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Why is Action Potential important?
Allows for neurotransmitter to be released for the communication and transmission of information in the nervous system Action Potential also reinforces information processing with neurotransmitter transmitting information through brain regions
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What are ways the cell can communicate?
Electrical communication: gap junctions (electrical synapses) Chemical communication: synaptic cleft (chemical synapse)
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How is neurotransmitter released?
Through Action Potential Dendrites receive info → causes an action potential → causes chemicals (neurotransmitter) to be release in the presynaptic terminal
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What happen to neurotransmitter once they are unbound from the receptors?
They return to the presynaptic terminal via transporter
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Narcotics work because they are chemically very similar to what?
Endorphins - a neurotransmitter, involved in pain relief and feeling of pleasure Narcotics (e.g. opioids), mimic the effects of endorphins, by binding to receptors and producing analgesic (pain-relieving) effects, inducing feelings of euphoria, and suppress respiratory function.

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