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Unilateral Neglect

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Injury to RIGHT PARIETAL LOBE causing neglect in awareness to LEFT field.

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Hippocrates

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Considered brain to be the seat of thought and consciousness

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Rene Descartes

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Dualistic thought; pineal body as joining point of soul; Reflexes

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Luigi Galvani

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Showed electrical stimulation to cause movement in deceased frog’s leg

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Johannes Muller

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Doctrine of Specific Energies

Sensory information must be specified by the active nerves

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Pierre Flourens

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Experimental Ablation on frogs to infer what part of the brain governed what when parts were severed from the brain

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Paul Broca

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Extended experimental ablation to humans

Associated with region of left hemisphere governing speech

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Herman Von Hemholtz

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Color vision & blindness; law of conservation of energy; &c.

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Axoplasmic transport

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Neurotransmitters are produced in nucleus & travel by Golgi body along microtubule down axon out through terminal buttons.

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Astrocyte

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Cleans up scar tissue and toxins; pulls glucose from blood to nearing neurons; provides support

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Oligodendrocyte

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Axon support in the form of Nodes of Ranvier in CNS or Schwann cells in PNS

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Microglia

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Phagocytes that protect brain from microorganisms

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Weak area of blood-brain barrier that can allow toxins to lightly stimulate, causing vomiting

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Area Postrema

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Resting Potential

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Membrane potential when neither excited nor inhibited; about -70mV

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Threshold of Excitation

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Value of membrane potential that produces an action potential

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Extra cellular & intracellular fluid contents

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Intra
    Organic anions
    Potassium
Extra
    Chloride ions
    Sodium ions
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Ion Movement During Action Potential

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  1. At threshold of excitation, Na channels open, allowing some to enter cell
  2. K channels open, K begins to leave cell
  3. At peak, Na channels begin to close so no more may enter
  4. K continues to leave cell so that membrane potential begins to return to rest
  5. As it comes to refractory period, K channels close and Na channels reset
  6. Extra K outside diffuses away, allowing it to return to rest
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Saltatory Conduction

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Conduction of action potentials by myelinated axons. Seems that the action potential skips from one node of Ranvier to the next

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Dendritic Spine

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Small bud on the surface of a dendrite, with which a terminal button of another neuron forms a synapse

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Presynaptic Membrane

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Membrane of a terminal button that lies adjacent to the postsynaptic membrane and through which the neurotransmitter is released

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Ionotropic Receptor

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Receptor that contains a binding site for a neurotransmitter and an ion channel that opens when a molecule attaches to the binding site

(like a key opens a door)

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Metabotropic Receptor

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Receptor that contains a binding site for a neurotransmitter; activates an enzyme that begins a series of events that opens an ion channel

Type 1
Ion acts as a key to activate a protein to “open the doorway”

Type 2
Second messenger system in which molecule of transmitter substance binds to receptor, which activates a protein, who then causes an enzyme to produce a second messenger to open an ion channel

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Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential

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Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential

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In ESPS, excitatory depolarization of postsynaptic membrane

In ISPS, inhibitory hyper polarization of postsynaptic membrane

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Enzymatic Deactivation

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Destruction of a neurotransmitter by an enzyme after its release

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Autoreceptors
Receptor molecules on neuron that monitors the neurotransmitters sent out by it. Are we producing enough? Too much?
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Pre synaptic Inhibition
Presynaptic terminal button can reduce amount of neurotransmitter released by postsynaptic button
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Resting Potential
-70 mV
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Intracellular Fluid has high levels of ____ & ____ and Extracellular Fluid has high levels of ____ & ____
Organic Anions and Potassium Ions; Chloride and Sodium Ions
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Sodium-Potassium Transporter
Transports K in and Na out to allow for an action potential
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Ion movement during an action potential: 6 Steps
1. Na channels open, allowing Na to enter cell. 2. K channels, allowing K to exit cell 3. Na channels are refractory and no more can enter cell. 4. K channels continue to leave, polarizing the cell to resting point 5. K channels close and Na resets. 6. Extra K is diffused away
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Cable Properties
Electrical stimulus falls down in a decremental fashion along the axon
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Saltatory Conduction
Action potential seems to pass along in a jumpy manner due to myelination of the axon; causing no loss of intensity or quality as an unmyelinated axon would
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Dendritic Spine
Small bud formed by dendrite where terminal button of another neuron create a synapse.
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Presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes
Membrane on the terminal button (pre) that meets with membrane on the dendrite (post) to allow for neurotransmitter transmission.
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Ionotropic Receptor
A specific ion acts as a "key" which opens the "door"
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Metabotropic Receptor
A specific receptor protein activates another protein, who then releases a subunit to unlock the door; or as a secondary messenger system, does this except that the breakaway piece activates another protein, who then opens the door.
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Excitatory/Inhibatory Postsynaptic Potential
Excitatory depolarization or inhibatory hyperpolarization of the postsynaptic membrane
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Reuptake
When a terminal button reabsorbs a neurotransmitter just released back through the presynaptic membrane
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Enzymatic Deactivation
Enzymes "recycle" a neurotransmitter after its release
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Neural Integration
Inhibatory and excitatory postsynaptic potentials control rate of firing for a neuron
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Autoreceptors
Receptor on neuron that monitors its own firing. Are we producing enough neurotransmitter? Too much?
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Presynaptic Inhibition
Inhibition of presynaptic stimulation before reaching the presynaptic membrane
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Presynaptic Facilitation
The presynaptic terminal button increases the amount of neurotransmitter released in the postsynaptic terminal button.
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Gap Junction
Nearby axons are able to communicate directly due to proximity
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Neuromodulators
Behaves like a neurotransmitter, but is not bound to the synaptic cleft alone
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Peptides
Comprise many hormones and neuromodulators
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Steroids
Alter the target site by going directly for receptors in the nucleus
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The three meninges (outer to inner)
Dura, arachnoid, pia
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Ventricles
Holes filled with CSF, including: third, fourth, lateral, and cerebral aqueduct
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Choroid Plexus
Where CSF is manufactured
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Progenitor Cells
Cells in the ventricular zone (inner lining of neural tube) that give rise to brain cells
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Forebrain
Comprised of telencephalon and diencephalon; largest part of the brain that contains cerebrum, cerebral cortex
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Telencephalon
Contains most of the cerebrum, cerebral cortex
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Limbic system is responsible for ___ and contains ___(5 objects)
Learning, memory, emotion; mammilary bodies, fornix, amygdala hippocampus, limbic cortex
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Basal Ganglia does ___ and contains ___ (3 objects)
Responsible for processing information in movement. Includes Caudate Nucleus, Putamen, and Globus Palladus
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Diencephalon
Comprised mostly of thalamus and hypothalamus
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Thalamus
Neural cells that send and receive info from the cerebral cortex
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Hypothalamus
Regulate a lot of ANS, pituitary gland, and species-specific behaviour
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Hindbrain
Contains mostly the metencephalon and myencephalon
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Metencephalon
Cerebellum and Pons; Motor coordination, sleep-wake cycles and arousal.
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Myencephalon
Contains medulla oblongata, involved in respiration and heart functioning
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Spinal Chord: Comprised of three types of roots: ___, ___, ___
Extends down from the medulla oblongata; spinal roots are axons wrapped in connective tissue to create a spinal nerve; dorsal roots have AFFERENT sensory fibers; ventral roots have EFFERENT motor fibers
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Somatic Nervous System
Section of PNS used to control voluntary movement and transmit sensory information
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12 Cranial Nerves
1. Olfactory 2. Optic 3. Oculomotor 4. Trochlear 5. Trigeminal 6. Abducens 7. Facial 8. Auditory 9. Glossopharangeal 10. Vagus 11. Spinal Accessory 12. Hypoglossal
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ANS: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
Sympathetic: Arousal, "Fight or Flight"; Parasympathetic: Relaxation, digestion, &c.
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Depot Binding
Binding of drug to protein or body
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Albumin
Protein that binds to fatty acids and with some lipid-soluble drugs
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Therapeutic Index
Ratio between dose that produces desired effect in 50% and toxic in 50%
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Noncompetitive Binding
Binding of drug to receptor that does not impact binding of original ligand
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Indirect Antagonist
Drug that attaches to binding site on receptor and interferes with its action; does NOT interfere with binding site of principal ligand
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Presynaptic Heteroreceptor
Receptor located on membrane of terminal button that receives input from another terminal button; bunds with neurotransmitter of Presynaptic terminal button
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Primary excitatory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
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Primary Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
GABA
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Ach & its roles
Primary neurotransmitter secreted by EFFERENT PNS and in ANS for parasympathetic branch ``` Found: Dorsolateral Pons (REM sleep) Basal Forebrain (learning) Medial Septum (memory) ```
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Nicontinic ACh receptor
Ionotropic ACh receptor stimulated by nicotine and blocked by curare; muscle and CNS responsible for rapid response
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Muscarinic ACh receptor
Metabotropic ACh receptor stimulated by muscarine and blocked by atropine (Belladonna). Definitely more CNS.
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Botulinum Toxin
ACh antagonist that causes paralysis
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Black Widow Venom
ACh agonist that causes contractions and immobility
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Hemicholinium
Inhibits uptake of choline; antagonist
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The Monoamines (4) Subclass: Catecholamines (3)
Serotonin Subclass: dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine
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Dopamine
Made from L-DOPA Major role in movement (nigrostatial system), reward (mesolimbic), planning and short term memory (mesocortical)
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MAO
Enzymes that destroy monoamines (serotonin, dopamine, nor/epinephrine). In blood breaks down chocolate and cheese.
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Deprenyl
Blocks activity of MAO; antidepressant that works as a dopamine agonist
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Chlorprozamine
Anti-schizophrenia drug that works by lowering dopamine levels
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Methylphenidate
(ADHD med) | Inhibits reuptake of dopamine
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Amphetamine
Releases both dopamine and norepinephrine
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Norepinephrine
Sympathetic division of ANS
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Epinephrine/adrenalin
Neurotransmitter in brain and hormone
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Fluoxetine
Prozac; inhibits reuptake of serotonin
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Serotonin
Indolamine neurotransmitter
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Glutamate
Most important excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
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NMDA Receptor
Iconographic Glutamate receptor that controls calcium channel that is normally blocked by magnesium ions; important for learning and memory
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AMPS Receptor
Ionotropic glutamate receptor that controls a sodium channel and is stimulated by AMPA
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Kainate Receptor
Ionotropic glutamate receptor that controls a sodium channel; stimulated by kainic acid
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PCP
Bonds to PCP binding site in NMDA receptor; indirect antagonist
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Benzodiazepines
Anti-anxiety
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Glycine
Important inhibitory for lower brain stem and spinal cord STRYCHNINE is an important antagonist to this
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GABA
Most important inhibitory
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Allyglycine
Inhibits GAD which produces GABA
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Muscimol
Direct agonist to GABA
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Bicuculline
Direct ANTagonist to GABA
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Endogenous Opioids
Pain reduction, native to brain Enkephalins Naloxone blocks opiate receptors
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Caffeine
Blocks adenosine receptors
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Sildenafil
Binds with enzyme that destroys the longer lasting byproduct of nitric oxide; "Viagra"

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