Biopsychology, Pinel

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A membrane potential is the difference between

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The inside and outside of a cell

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Positron emmision tomography is a valuable tool because it provides

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images of brain function

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If you were startled by a noise this would cause a skin....

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conductance response

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Alpha wave EEG is associated with

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relaxed wakefullness

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The neurons in dorsal roots are______ and ______

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sensory and unipolar

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TMS allows for

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part of the brain to be shut off so that we may study the effects of cognition and behaviour

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Human brains have more ______than other mammals

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cortex

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Cerebrospinal fluid is created by

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networks of small blood vessels that protrude into the ventricles and the choroid plexus

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From outside to inside the three miniges are

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dura, arachnoid and pia

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The comparative approach

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comparing brain-behaviour relations in different species

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Action potentials begin by

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opening the voltage activated Na+ channels

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In Neurons without axons conduction occurs entirely in the form of

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graded decremenentently conducted potentials

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Neurotransmitter molecules are packaged by

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The golgi complex

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Non-directed synapses incolve

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1) involve the release of neurotransmitter fluid diffusely into the extracellular fluid
2) Involve the movement of neurotransmitter fluid across gap junctions

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Intracellular units are very hard to use on

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Freely moving animals

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brief period of time directly after an AP where it is impossible to trigger another AP is called

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absolute refractory period

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IPSP

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from negative to more negative

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Encephalon means

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Within the head

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Axon potentials originate in the

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Axon, next to the axon hillock

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According to to the theory of Hodgkin and Huxly

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K+ ions continuously leak out of the resting neuron

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Stereotaxic surgery

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Involves the careful placing of a subortical structure

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Cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of the

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cerebral hemisphere

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myelencephalon is often called the

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medulla

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afferent nerves carry information to the

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CNS

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Cryongenic blockades if done correctly should

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NOT damage brain tissue

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Quickest way to the brain from he spinal chord

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the central canal

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2 DG

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used for neuroimaging

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which of the following is most likely to lead to an intercerabral haemorrhage

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an aneurism

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Some of the supplementary motor area is in the

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longetudinal fissure

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The mediodorasal nuclei which are most damaged in Korsokoffs syndrome are nuclei of the

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thalamus