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Synaptic Integration & Plasticity Flashcards

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What is the modality of a circuit?

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Connectivity of neurones

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What is the intensity of an electrical signal determined by?

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Patterns of activity / number of action potentials

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin stimulus of light touch?

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Skin movement

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Which receptor gives information about skin movement?

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Hair follicles

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin stimulus of dynamic deformation?

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Slipping objects

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Which receptor gives information about slipping objects?

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Meissner corpuscle

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin stimulus of vibration?

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Contact with objects

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Which receptor gives information about contact with objects?

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Pacinian corpuscle

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What perceptual function s linked to the skin stimulus of indentation depth?

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Fine tactile dicrimination

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Which receptor gives information about form and texture (fine tactile discrimination)?

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Merkel cell/neurite complex

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin stimulus of stretch?

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Direction of object motion and finger position

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Which receptor gives information about hand shape and direction of object motion?

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Ruffini corpuscle

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin stimulus of touch?

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Pleasant contact and social interaction

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Which receptor gives information about pleasant contact and social interaction?

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C-fibre LTM

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What perceptual function is linked to the skin sensation of injurious force?

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Skin injury and pain

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Which receptor gives information about skin injury and pain?

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Nociceptor

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What do cochlear implants do?

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Electrically stimulate the auditory nerve

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How is an electrical current generated by ions?

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Flow of ions between compartments down electrochemical gradient

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What is the capacitance of a system?

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Ability to store an electrical charge

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Why does membrane potential increase quickly then slowly when current is applied?

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Current builds up as capacitance then flows through resistance pathway

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Why does membrane potential decrease quickly then slowly when applied current is halted?

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Built-up capacitance is released via the resistance pathway

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Why does the voltage effect of a membrane current take time?

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Membrane capacitance

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When is membrane potential proportional to applied current?

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Below-threshold potentials

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When is membrane potential no longer proportional to applied current?

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Active electrical action potential propagation

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Why doesn't an action potential diminish over long distances?
Action potentials regenerate themselves
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What equipment is used when measuring the electrical properties of neurones?
Glass pipette, model cell, electrode connected to amplifier (resistor and capacitor)
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How do model cells differ from real ones?
No active neuronal properties and sit at 0mV
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V = ?
I x R
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Time constant =
Rm x Cm
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What is the length constant a measurement of?
Rate of decay of passive membrane potential changes against distance travelled
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I = ?
V x G
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What is conductance measured in?
G in Siemens
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What is a voltage clamp used for?
Measuring isolated currents within a larger current
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What is a patch clamp used for?
Measure membrane potential using a tight seal between membrane and pipette
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How does a voltage clamp allow separation of components of membrane current?
Negating the capacitative current
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What are the three neuronal membrane currents?
Potassium, sodium and leak
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Which direction is the spike caused by depolarisation of neuronal membranes?
Downwards
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Which direction is the spike caused by an action potential depolarisation?
Upwards
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What are the glutamate receptors?
GABA and NMSA
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What is the Nernst equation?
Ek = (RT/zf) log ([x+]out/[x+]in)
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Why is the equilibrium potential of a cation channel zero?
Equal concentrations of cations in and out of the neurone (between Na and K)
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What are GABA(A) receptors selective for?
Cl-
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During early development, where is Cl- concentrated?
Inside neurones
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What is achieved by the expression of KCC2 transporters as neurones mature?
Lower intracellular Cl- concentration, very negative reversal potential for Cl-
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What determines the current carried by an ion?
Conductance multiplied by driving force for that ion
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Where in the brain is the cerebral cortex?
Grey matter on the outside
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Which neurones can receive back-propagated action potentials?
Cortical neurones
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When is signal summation linear?
When the threshold has not been reached
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Which neurone properties cause non-linear summation of signals?
Active
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What is the specialisation of interneurones at the axon hillock?
To modulate and shut down certain signals
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What is temporal summation?
Successive synaptic inputs that occur before the neurone fully recovers
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What is spatial summation?
Multiple synaptic inputs onto different parts of a neurone
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How is coincidence detection produced in central synapses?
Requirement of summation of many inputs to generate an action potential
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What are detonator synapses?
No summation required, presynaptic input always leads to postsynaptic output
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Name three examples of detonator synapses
Peripheral NMJs, Calyx of Held, Mossy fibre in hippocampus
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What causes mossy fibre synapses to be converted from sub-detonation into full-detonation mode?
Short-term plasticity after high frequency stimulation
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How is long-term plasticity expressed in mossy fibres?
Changes in neurotransmitter release
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What is often needed for development of synaptic plasticity?
Communication between pre- and post-synaptic terminals
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How do cannabinoids cause synaptic plasticity?
Retrograde signalling
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What makes NMDA receptors voltage-dependent?
Mg2+ blockade near resting membrane potential
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How do NMDA receptors act as coincidence detectors?
They only open when there is both glutamate release and post-synaptic depolarisation
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What is the result of repetitive activation of AMPA and NMDA receptors?
More AMPA receptors expressed, synaptic plasticity
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What often accompanies synaptic plasticity?
Structural remodelling and spine growth
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What receptor mediates synaptic plasticity?
NMDA receptors
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What receptor causes synaptic plasticity?
AMPA receptors

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