W5: Development of the nervous system

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Proliferation is the production of new cells

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Synaptogenesis is a process that begins before birth and continues throughout life.

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Recent evidence suggests that adult vertebrate brains generate new neurons

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The brain requires millions of chemicals to correctly guide the growth of axons to their target locations

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Nerve growth factor is a chemical that promotes the survival and activity of neurons

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Exercise may account for some of the neural benefits that come from rearing rats in an enriched environment

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Diaschisis refers to the decreased activity of surviving neurons after damage to other neurons

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Paralysis caused by spinal cord injury is usually only temporary in humans

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Recent evidence suggests that phantom limb pain is caused by sensations coming from the stump of the amputated limb

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Proliferation is the:

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After the migrating neuron reaches its destination, _____ begin to form

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In humans, myelination first occurs in the:

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When Sperry cut a newt's optic nerve and rotated the eye by 180 degrees, each axon:

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Axons sort themselves over the surface of the target area:

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Competition of neurons for postsynaptic sites results in survival of only the most successful axons. The general principle is called:

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_____ steer new axonal branches and synapses in the right direction

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The function of neurotrophins is to:

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In infants, anaesthetic drugs can increase:

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What brain abnormalities are found in children with fetal alcohol syndrome?

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Children of mothers who use cocaine during pregnancy:

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Which of the following seem to be particularly important for branching neurons during brain development?

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Which of the following is the most common cause of stroke?

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Ischaemia is to _as haemorrhage is to _

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Which of the following treatments would be most likely to help a patient starting several days after a stroke?

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What is the term for the new branches that may form in uninjured axons after damage to surrounding axons?

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_____ helps compensate for decreased axon input

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A continuing sensation of an amputated body part is called:

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Sensations from phantom limbs:

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The fluid-filled cavity of the developing neural tube becomes the:

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Stem cells are important for which of the following developmental processes?

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What term describes the movement of primitive neurons and glia within the developing nervous system?

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After the migrating neuron reaches its destination, _____ begin to form.

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The formation of new synapses is called:

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Brain cells that are neither neurons nor glia, but which are capable of dividing and then differentiating into neurons or glia are called:

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Axons sort themselves over the surface of the target area

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Apoptosis:

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Massive cell death in the brain during prenatal development is:

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In development, neurotrophins _. During adulthood, they _.

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In what order are the five distinct stages in the development of the brain

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Certain axons innervating a given neuron are damaged. What compensatory change is possible?

HPS775 (Week 05: Development of the nervous system) Quiz am W5: Development of the nervous system, erstellt von wadey am 10/10/2014.

W5: Development of the nervous system

Proliferation is the production of new cells

Synaptogenesis is a process that begins before birth and continues throughout life.

Recent evidence suggests that adult vertebrate brains generate new neurons

The brain requires millions of chemicals to correctly guide the growth of axons to their target locations

Nerve growth factor is a chemical that promotes the survival and activity of neurons

Exercise may account for some of the neural benefits that come from rearing rats in an enriched environment

Diaschisis refers to the decreased activity of surviving neurons after damage to other neurons

Paralysis caused by spinal cord injury is usually only temporary in humans

Recent evidence suggests that phantom limb pain is caused by sensations coming from the stump of the amputated limb

Proliferation is the:

After the migrating neuron reaches its destination, _____ begin to form

In humans, myelination first occurs in the:

When Sperry cut a newt's optic nerve and rotated the eye by 180 degrees, each axon:

Axons sort themselves over the surface of the target area:

Competition of neurons for postsynaptic sites results in survival of only the most successful axons. The general principle is called:

_____ steer new axonal branches and synapses in the right direction

The function of neurotrophins is to:

In infants, anaesthetic drugs can increase:

What brain abnormalities are found in children with fetal alcohol syndrome?

Children of mothers who use cocaine during pregnancy:

Ischaemia is to _as haemorrhage is to _