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| What is the function of the Hypothalamus? |
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-gland
-secretes LH. TsH, LSH, Gh,ACth, FSH
-formed by parvocelluar cells |
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-formed by magnocelluar cells
-secretes oxytocin and vasopressin |
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ADH- anti-diuretic hormone -
retains urine
increases thirst |
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| What releases the vasopressin? |
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| Posterior lobe of pituitary |
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| Where do preganglionic sympathetic neurons lie? |
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| sympathetic chain in Spinal cord |
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| Where do preganglionic pars-sympathetic neurons lie? |
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| next to the effecter organs |
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What postgangliac neurotransmitter is releases by the parasympathetic system?
*Norraepthic locus - attention and learning |
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| What postgangliac neurotransmitter is releases by the sympathetic ? |
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emotions and memory
needed for learning |
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| What function does the Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus have? |
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known as the blue spot
Regulation of attention, arousal, sleep-wake cycles, learning and memory, anxiety and pain, mood, brain metabolism |
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| The Serotonergic Raphe Nuclei |
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| Together with noradrenergic system, comprise the ascending reticular activating system. Raphe system particularly involved in sleep/wake cycles. Also mood |
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| Dopaminergic Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area |
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| Facilitates the initiation of voluntary movements(Parkinson’s Disease) |
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Basal forebrain complex
Cholinergic Systems |
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| participates in learning and memory |
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Pontomesencephalotegmental complex
Cholinergic Systems |
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| Regulates excitability of thalamic sensory relay nuclei |
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| How do halluanicins work (LSD)? |
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| miimic sereotin activity mimic dream sleep |
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affects the dopamine reuptake
mimic sympathetic system making you not hungry |
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| What part of the body releases a large amount of leptin and how will you will feel ? |
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adipose tissue
feel hungry |
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| What eating disorder is due to an active lateral hypothalamic syndrome ? |
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| What eating disorder has an ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome ? |
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| What does an increase of TSH do? |
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| it increases the metabolic rate to decreases |
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| Leptin is overactive the parasympathetic or sympathetic is active? |
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decrease our appetite
Msh and cART |
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increase appetite
NPY and AgRP |
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| When is insulin is at its peak in what phase; Cephalic; Gastric; Substrate? |
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| Name the 3 stages of feeding |
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| Cephalic; Gastric; Substrate |
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| What happens when dopamine is depleted? |
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no motivation to seek food
but will enjoy it when presented |
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| responds to reduced blood toxity (increase in Na) by increases osmosmic thirst and holding urine by releasing vasopressin |
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| In diabetes what causes you to pee more? |
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| What is the location of the amygdala? |
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- inability to regoniconize familar objects
- hyper-sexual
-hyper-oral
- flat affect
- no aggression |
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| no initiation aggression and no fear |
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| How does amygdala receive info? |
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| electrically stimulate amygdala |
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| increased vigilance and attention |
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mvt or change of enviroment causes them to rage, will not attack you unless they are tested
remove the cerebral cortex |
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| When are you less aggressive? |
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| Follicle stimulating Hormone (FSH) in males and in females? |
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males
Lh- testerone
FSH - sperm maturation
both help with the ovarian cycle |
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| Which the parasympathetic or sympathetic cause an erection and maintain it? |
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| Which the parasympathetic or sympathetic ejaculation and orgasim? |
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| What waves is the sleep is the deepest? |
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| which part of the hypothalamus (lateral or medial) is responsible for predatory aggression? |
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| which part of the hypothalamus (lateral or medial) is responsible for affective aggression? |
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medial
(ma) -medial affective |
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| why is REM also called Pradoxial sleep? |
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| REM b/c EEG of brain is similar to being awake. They are both beta waves. |
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| What do anticonvulsion drugs do? |
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| activate gaba receptors (inhibitory) |
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| Neural pacemaker is what part of brain |
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| what type of EEG waves in coma |
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| low frequency , high amplitude |
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| what EEG wave occurs when you are awake? |
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| high frequency, low amplitude |
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| how does cortical affect the brain? |
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| cortical increases excitable toxicity by allowing increases influx of Ca |
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| use of words for communication and learning |
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| using sound in a limited range (phonemes) |
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| use of phonemes to form words and then a sentence |
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| use of language for social communication |
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| part of brain that is responsible for language |
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What side of the brain (L or R) is:
logical, sequential, rational, analytical, objective, looks at parts |
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What side of the brain (L or R) is:
random, intuitive, holistic, synthesizing, subjective, looks at the whole |
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| what happens with split brain study |
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| presnt something on L - may be able to see it, unable to name it, may claim they can not see it |
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| In split brain studies the l visual field sees nothing? |
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| What EEG waves occur when awake? |
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| What EEG waves occur when in non REM sleep stage 1? |
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| What EEG waves occur when non REM sleep stage 3 and 4? |
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| What EEG waves occur when in REM ? |
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| We spend most of our time in what stage of sleep? |
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