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organization of nervous system
What are interneurons,
What apparatus does the cell body...,
What proportion of the neurons of...
124  cards
neuron excitation
What are action potentials,
What are excitable cells,
What is the membrane potential fo...
78  cards
Synapse structure and function
1 what makes up a chemical synapse,
2 what is the space between cells...,
How are synapses classified
108  cards
Neurotransmitters
What are the two families of liga...,
What is the difference between th...,
How is it possible to get recepto...
168  cards
Elements of Neural computing
Which two properties allow indivi...,
What is rate coding,
What is sparse coding and what is...
66  cards
Somatosensory systems
Sensory receptors generate a rece...,
How is the sensory receptor diffe...,
In vertebrates all sensory recept...
128  cards
Vision
What is the sensitivity of the hu...,
Why is it difficult to distinguis...,
What is the definition of vision
227  cards
Hearing
What is sound,
For a sine wave what is the period t,
What is the reciprocal of the period
69  cards
Smell and taste
Where is the olfactory epithelium...,
What does olfactory epithelium co...,
What is the structure of the dend...
57  cards
Motor function: brainstem and spinal cord
What is a neuromuscular junction,
How wide is the cleft of a nmj,
The postjunctional membrane the e...
159  cards
Movement: Cortex, cerebellum, Basal ganglia
What is motor equivalence,
How are voluntary movements executed,
What is used to fine tune a movem...
185  cards
Neuroendocrinology and autonomic functions
What functions is the hypothalamu...,
What is the structure of the hypo...,
What input does the hypothalamus ...
141  cards
Brain and Behaviour
What do emotions arise in respons...,
What do emotions arise in respons...,
Are emotional responses hard wire...
135  cards
Learning and memory
What does it mean for neural path...,
Which neural pathways are referre...,
What is developmental plasticity
126  cards
Neuroimaging
What is the process of computer a...,
Cat scans provide a view through ...,
What is computerized tomography
112  cards

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