Week 3 Flashcards

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ACh

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  • Excitatory
  • voluntary motor control – deficiencies linked to AD
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Glutamate

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Primary excitatory neurotransmitter

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Dopamine

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  • Can be excitatory OR inhibitory depending on the receptors
  • Pleasure, motivation
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GABA

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Primary inhibitory neurotransmitter

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NE

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  • Can be excitatory OR inhibitory depending on the receptors present
  • Modulates awareness of outside world, esp threats
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Serotonin

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  • Inhibitory
  • Happiness
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Split-brain procedure

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  • Severing of corpus callosum
  • scientists know that 2 hemispheres can work together seamlessly, but only when connected
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Results of split-brain experiment w two images

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  • Different image presented to each visual field simultaneously (e.g. an X to the right, an O to the left)
  • Note: visual pathways cross in the brain (part of L visual field goes to R visual cortex and vice versa)
  • Speech is localized in the left brain (Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area) –> if verbally asked what they’d see, they’ll only verbally respond w what they see on the RIGHT side;
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