Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Topic 10
LTP Overview
10
Other
Undergraduate 4
02/28/2017

Additional Other Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
3 steps in the top-bottom system approach
Definition
1. behavior
2. network activity
3. cellular/molecular
Term
3 steps in the bottom-top LTP approach
Definition
1. cellular/molecules
2. network activity
3. behavior
Term
6 shared properties of LTP & learned behaviors
Definition
1. experience-dependent
2. input specific
3. rapid induction
4. long-lasting
5. stimulus threshold required
6. associative or non-associative
Term
weak input
Definition
input unable to undergo LTP by itself
Term
strong input
Definition
input able to undergo LTP by itself
Term
2 types of activation that can happen for postsynaptic LTP to occur
Definition
1. NMDAR activation
2. VDCC activation
Term
3 phases that characterize classic LTP
Definition
1. induction
2. expression
3. maintenance
Term
3 postsynaptic mechanisms to relieve the magnesium block of the NMDAR
Definition
1. large summation of temporally & spatially converging AMPAR EPSPs
2. dendritic backpropagation of somatic action potentials
3. local generation of dendritic action potentials
Term
Bienenstock, Cooper, & Munro Model (BCM Model - 1982)
Definition
explains how calcium signal leads to both LTP & LTD
Term
spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP)
Definition
a temporally asymmetric form of Hebbian learning induced by tight temporal relations between the spikes of pre- and postsynaptic neurons
Supporting users have an ad free experience!