Neurophys Flashcards

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Q

Cells that secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-1B) in inflammatory conditions that affect the brain?

A

Microglia

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Hormone released from adipose tissue that enters the brain and provides negative feedback reducing food intake?

A

Leptin

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3
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Hypothalamus secretes this when you are stressed

A

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH)

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4
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Process of calcium mediated long-lasting increase in AMPA receptor signal transmission

A

Long term potentiation

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5
Q

Rapid learning by school aged children is paralleled neurodevelopmentally by which of the following brain processes?

A

Increase in white matter

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Cortical synaptic remodeling of normal adolescence is also believed to be associated with what neurobiological change?

A

Preferential loss of excitatory synapses

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Most important feature of post-natal brain development is increase in what?

A

Number of dendritic and axonal processes

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