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| Which cells in the nervous system are those that transmit information and which are supporting cells |
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| What are the short outgrowths of dendrites called? |
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| What is myelin sheath and where is it found |
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| insulating material on axons that speeds up transmission) |
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| Where are NTs released from in the Neuron |
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| presynaptic terminal buttons |
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| What is the resting potential |
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| the difference in voltage between inside and outside f the cell, -70 |
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| What does depolarization do to the cell? |
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| makes it less negative, which excites it |
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| What does hyperpolarization do to the cell |
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| makes it more negative, which inhibits it |
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| mimics or increases the effects of a NT |
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| blocks the effects of a NT |
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| Where is K usually found in a neuron? |
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| Where is Na usually found in a neuron? |
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| What type of drug BLOCKS the effects of a NT? |
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| What type of drug potentiates the effects of a NT? |
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| What are the mechanisms by which NT is cleared from the synapse? |
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| What are the 2 divisions of the nervous system? |
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| What are the components of the CNS? |
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| What are the components of the PNS |
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| What are the components of the Autonomic NS? |
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| sympathetic and parasympathetic |
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| What is a sulcus and what is a gyrus |
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| inner part of a fold or dip and then a bump or protruberance |
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| What does the Bell-Magendie law state |
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| dorsal roots of spinal cord are sensory and ventral roots are motor |
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| What is the fight or flight NS and what does it do? |
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| sympathetic, increases heart rate, resp rate, etc |
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| Name 3 parts of the hindbrain. |
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| medulla, pons, cerebellum |
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| What is important for motivation, emotion, and memory? |
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| Impairment of feeding, fighting, fleeing, and mating results from damage to what forebrain structure |
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| Name the 3 slices of the brain and how you would make them |
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| horizontal, sagittal, and coronal |
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| What is CSF and where is it found |
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| cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles |
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| What lobe of the brain is imp for visual info |
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| What lobe is imp for auditory info |
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| What lobe is imp for personality |
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| Compared to adults, how many neurons do newborns and fetuses have? |
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| What causes phantom limb sensation? |
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| reorganization of cortical map |
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| When is it easier to recover from brain damage? |
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| when you are younger, but you CAN throughout life |
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| What are symptoms of FAS? |
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| decreased alertness, mental retardation, hyperactivity, heart defects, and abnormal facial features |
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| A stroke (CVA) in which an artery ruptures is aka what? |
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| the process of converting physical energy into neural energy |
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| What are the two types of receptors in the retina |
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ROD CELLS: mainly for night vision
CONE CELLS: detects colors |
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| What photoreceptors are important for color and which for seeing in dim light |
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| Small receptive fields are carried along __________ pathways, and large are carried along what? |
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| parvocellular and magnocellular |
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| What are the three types of cells in the PVC? |
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| simple, complex, and hypercomplex |
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| What are papillae and what are found IN them? |
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| bumps on tongue, taste buds |
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| What is the corpus callosum and of what is it composed? |
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| axons, connects hemispheres |
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| Where is language specialized in most humans? |
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| For a split brain patient to name something, it must appear where? |
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| in the right visual field |
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| Where is Broca’s area located, and what happens if it is damaged? |
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| left frontal, and speaking |
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| Where is Wernicke’s area and what happens if it is damaged |
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| left temporal, and comprehension |
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| How do MAOIs work and what is a drawback to using them? |
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| blocks breakdown of CATS, cheese effect |
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| How are 2nd generation (atypical) antidepressants different from tricyclics |
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| block reuptake of 5HT only, not rest of CATs |
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| What is fluoxetine and why is it popular? |
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| prozac, fewer side effects |
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| fluctuation between mania and depression |
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| What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
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| lack of … emotions, interaction, speech |
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| What are positive symptoms of schiz, and their definitions |
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| hallucinations and delusions |
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| What is used to treat mania (or manic part of bipolar) |
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| What is used to treat pos. symptoms of schiz? |
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| thorazine(chlorpromazine), halperidol(haldol)] |
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| What is used to treat mostly neg symptoms of schiz, but some pos as well, but exspensive |
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| risperidone, risperdal, chlozapine (Clozaril |
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