memory

Question 1

Engram

Answer 1

physical embodiment of the memory , changes in the brain e.r. plasma membrane changes

Question 2

procedural memory

Answer 2

skills, unavailable to conscious mind, implicit memory, learnt by practicing

Question 3

declarative memory

Answer 3

actual knowledge, explicit, transfer through teaching

Question 4

where is the working memory located

Answer 4

prefrontal cortex

Question 5

hippocampus role in memory

Answer 5

convert hot memory to long term, declarative, if lesions e.g. mouse in water with platform

Question 6

amygdala role in memory

Answer 6

sensory inputs eg. smell

emotional, learnt, fear association

Question 7

cerebellum role

Answer 7

sensorimotor information is stored

Question 8

Hebbian synapse concept

Answer 8

modification made in synapses, plasticity, strength of synapse can change

Question 9

Long term potentiation -

Answer 9

strengthening of a synapse. requires synaptic responsivity modification and protein phosphorylation to change activity

Question 10

depression of facilitation -

Answer 10

decrease in nt so decrease in EPSP amplitude.requires synaptic responsivity modification and protein phosphorylation to change activity

Question 11

Aplysia Californica

Answer 11

snail has gill withdrawel reflex as delicates and needed for respiration so remove

if apply electric shock it withdraws gill quicker