Possible test questions

Question 1

Norepinephrine

Answer 1

locus ceruleus

Question 2

dopamine

Answer 2

substania nigra, ventral tegmental area, arcuate nucleus

Question 3

acetylcholine

Answer 3

magnocellular

Question 4

serotonin

Answer 4

raphe nucleus

Question 5

glutamate

Answer 5

intralaminar area of thalamus

Question 6

anterior hypothalamus associated with

Answer 6

parasympathetic

Question 7

posterior hypothalamus associated with

Answer 7

sympathetic

Question 8

reward center

Answer 8

medial forebrain bundle

Question 9

periventricular nucleus involved in

Answer 9

fear and punishment reactions

Question 10

positive memory associated with

Answer 10

facilitation

Question 11

negative memory associated with

Answer 11

habituation

Question 12

what blocks PKM zeta, which in term blocks memory recall?

Answer 12

zeta inhibitory peptide

Question 13

what structure allows one side to inhibit the other?

Answer 13

corpus callosum

Question 14

ventromedial region of the front lobe is connected with

Answer 14

subcortical nuclei (amygdala and hypothalamus)

Question 15

what cells are hyperactive in OCD?

Answer 15

orbital frontal cortex

Question 16

output leave cortex via

Answer 16

V and VI

Question 17

granule cells associated with

Answer 17

II and IV

Question 18

pyramidal cells associated with

Answer 18

III and V

Question 19

intracortical association functions

Answer 19

I, II, III

Question 20

areas associated with wakefulness

Answer 20

oral pontine reticular formation, midBRAIN central tegmentum, posterior hypothalamus

Question 21

posterior hypothalamus

Answer 21

histamine

Question 22

sleep promoting areas

Answer 22

midLINE brainstem, dorsolateral medullary reticular formation, anterior hypothalamic preoptic region

Question 23

another hormone (other than alpha MSH) that can counteract the fever producing effects of IL-1?

Answer 23

endogenous IL-1 receptor antagonist

Question 24

reward center

Answer 24

hypothalamus

Question 25

cut brain stem mid pons (above entry CN V) results in

Answer 25

coma

Question 26

cut brain stem below entry CN V

Answer 26

coma unlikely

Question 27

sensitization

Answer 27

neuronal circuit loses response to repeated events that are insignificant (facilitation)

Question 28

habituation

Answer 28

inhibition

Question 29

hippocampal removal

Answer 29

antrograde (can't form new memories)

Question 30

REM ON - areas

Answer 30

medial pontine reticular formation and adjacent reticular tegmental nucleus

Question 31

which glia supply fuel to neurons in the form of lactate?

Answer 31

astrocytes

Question 32

which glia are involved in iron metabolism and make and sustain myelin?

Answer 32

oligodendrocytes

Question 33

microglia

Answer 33

mediate immune response within brain