Brain and Behaviour

The brain's outer layer of neural tissue

Largest lobe in the brain

Section of frontal lobe which plays large role in speech and language

What may damage to the frontal lobe affect? (name 3)

Functions of the frontal lobe which are particularly vulnerable (name 2)

The section of the brain integrates sensory info from various parts of the body

Where are the parietal lobes located?

Contain primary sensory cortex

The efferent lobe specialise in...

Damage to which lobe may affect ability to locate and recognise body parts?

The cortex below the temporal lobe

The lobe responsible for understanding speech and complex visual perception

Explain cortical blindness

The role of afferent neurons is...

Interneurons are an example of what type of neuron?

The role of interneurons is...

True or false:
Interneurons have either very short axons or none at all

True or false: Efferent neurons carry info towards the CNS

The main processors of the nervous system

The motor cortex...

The sensory cortex is also known as...

What occurs as a result of damage to the prefrontal lobe?

The band of white fatty matter connecting the left and right cerebral halfs

The brain stem the interface between...

The folds the the cerebral cortex

The bumps in the cerebral cortex

The front of the brain is the____and the back the____

The top of the brain is the____and the bottom the____

The nervous system in cased in bone

The main function of the peripheral nervous system

The peripheral nervous system is made up of...

Spatial ability

True or false: Someone with neglect syndrome has difficulties with spatial perception

Inability to process/perceive stimuli on one side of the body not due to a lack of sensation

Golgi's method of staining

The concept that the nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells is...

Grey matter

An alternative name for cell body

Commonly found at the end of an axon

The white fat which coats axons in called...

What is an oligodendrocyte?

The junction between 2 neurons

Glioma

Anything inside the neuron is referred to as...

Extracellular

The primary chemical in the nervous system

The millivolts of a neuron at its resting potential

Neuron doctrine

What did Golgi believe?

Where in the brain are neurons and glia cells found?

Where neurons receive inputs

At the terminal buttons_____are released

Primary cell found in the cerebral cortex

What would a block in neuron sodium channels result in?

Without action potential...

The vagus nerve is attached to which organ?

Who gave the first demonstration of neurotransmission?

Neuron releasing the neurotransmitter is called the____neuron

Neuron receiving the neurotransmitter is called the____neuron

Depolarisation

True or false: excitatory neurons cause the postsynaptic neuron to be less positive

Inhibitory neurotransmitters makes postsynaptic neuron less likely to____

Neurotransmitters work as____messengers, changing neuron voltage

Secondary messengers cause more____term changes than____messengers

Methylphenidate is a type of

Name a neurotransmitter

What neurotransmitter causes your muscles to contract

The main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain

The main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain

Extracellular has a____charge and intracellular a____.

How can the differences in electrical charge inside and outside the neuron be measured?

True or false: Sodium diffuses into the cell and potassium out

The primary chemical in action potential (extracellular)

Neurons naturally have a____charge.

Diffusion pressure

How is it possible for sodium to reach the neuron?

When at resting potential, sodium channels are____.

When the neuron receives inputs from other neurons...

True or false: During action potential, sodium channels all open at once

Depolarisation

Polarization

True or False: voltage change becomes less apparent further down the sodium channels

How is the concentration of chemicals inside and outside the neuron balanced?

When stimulated, vagus nerve releases a chemical which causes the heart to____ ____.

What is a neurotransmitter?

Cognitive enhancers

Name a primary messenger

Name a kind of secondary messenger

What was acetylcholine previously known as?

What may an antagonist receptor cause? Why?

Which drugs work through stimulating GABA receptors

Nicotine is an____and curare is an____.

Neurotransmitters often activated by drugs of abuse

What is the most common form of diabetes?

Two contributing factors to type 2 diabetes

The 3 main nutrients in food

What are carbs made from

What is in protein

Carbs are converted into glucose by...

There is a close relationship between diabetes and____

Hormone used to store glucose

The stored form of glucose

What converts glycogen into glucose to be used as energy?

The____sends signals to the brain to start eating when blood sugar level is____.

True or false: Fat cells in our gut produce hormones with long term control over eating

The size of your fat cells depend on...

Regulates energy intake and expenditure

Damage to the lateral hypothalamus causes...

Ventromedial hypothalamus damage causes you to...

Where in the hypothalamus is the satiety area found?

Metabolic homeostasis

Metabolic syndrome

Carbs become____when you have too much of them.

Using fat rather the carbs produces____ ____instead of glucose.

The Atkins diet involves...

True or false: Those suffering from Alzheimers have larger gyri and sulci

State of sleep associated with dreaming

Capacity to sleep____through age.

How does the EEG monitor look in deep sleep

True or false:
When sleeping, you go through each sleep stage in turn

2 factors which may affect sleeping pattern

What is the optimum duration of sleep?

Where is our body clock located?

Why is sleep disrupted in the winter?

Primary hormone associated with the SCN

True or false: Alzheimer's affects your circadian activity

What is circadian rhythm?