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| Relationship b/t the immune system and psychology |
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| there is a very large psychological component to stress the physiological reaction to which suppresses the immune system |
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| frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital |
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executive function
speech
working memory |
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sensory perception
object recognition
spatial relationships |
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Smell/Hearing
Memory (long and short term)
Emotion |
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| Many MHCs like ADHD and Autism reduce... |
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| ...working memory (frontal lobe) |
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| switching back and forth quickly between emotions |
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| Members of the Limbic System |
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| HATH: hippocampus, Amygdala, Thalamus, and Hypothalamus |
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So the Giraffe asks the Zebra, "Hey Zack, do you remember Bob? He went to college with us?"
The Zebra says, "No Geoff, I don't, try asking Harold."
"Didn't he live on a different campus?"
"Oh right, Bob's not in the hippo-campus, Harold won't remember him!"
Memory Storage
Alzheimers is a dysfunction hereof |
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Smell, Sex, and Aggression
dysfunctions include impulse disorders and bipolar disorder |
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interchange between CNS and endocrine activity:
appetite control
thermoregulation |
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| The ability of the brain to form new connections and prune old, unused ones |
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| Functions served by Acetylcholine (ACh) |
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| Memory, learning, muscle activation |
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| Functions served by Dopamine |
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| Motor activity, cognition, and neuroendocrine/reward pathway |
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| Functions served by norepinephrine (NE) |
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| Functions served by serotonin (5HT) |
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| mood, appetite, and pain regulation, so therefore also sleep |
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| Sedation, weight gain, and hypotension can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter? |
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| control of neuron excitability |
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| regulates synaptic activity |
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| Parkinson's disease can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Acetylcholine & dopamine (decrease) |
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| Alzheimer's disease may be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Schizophrenia can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Dopamine (increase), and glutamate |
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| Substance abuse can follow the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Dopamine (increase; reward system) |
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| Depression can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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NE (decrease)
5HT (decrease) |
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| Mania can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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NE (increase)
5HT (increase) |
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| Insomnia can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Anxiety can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Seizures and other neurodegenerative symptoms can be the result of the dysfunction of which neurotransmitter(s)? |
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| Alcohol withdrawral affects the function of which neurotransmitter |
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| How many different specific organs (so, excluding hormones that have systemic effect) does the pituitary target (in the female)? |
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| 7: bones, breasts, ovaries, adrenal cortex, thyroid gland, uterus, and kidneys |
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| Structural diagnostic tests for psychobio |
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| CT, MRI, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
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| functional diagnostic tests for psychobio |
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| PET scan, and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scan |
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