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If a drug speeds up the reuptake of a neurotransmitter, it's an
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If a drug disrupts the production of a neurotransmitter, it's an
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What effect on APs would a glutamate agonist have?
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What effect on APs would a GABA agonist have?
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More action potentials (an increase in excitability)
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Less action potentials (a decrease in excitability)
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Neither, because GABA doesn't influence excitability
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Signals with neurons are primarily [blank_start]electrical[blank_end]; signals between neurons are primarily [blank_start]chemical[blank_end]
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electrical
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chemical
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electrical
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chemical
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Just after a cell reaches -40mV (at the start of an action potential), as it continues to depolarize, which of the following is/are true?
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Na+ ions rush in
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K+ ions rush in
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Na+ ions rush out
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K+ ions rush out
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The thalamus is the sensory relay center
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Oligodendrocytes myelinate axons in the PNS
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Where in the neuron is the decision made to fire?
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axon terminals
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dendrites
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axon hillock
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nucleus
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What do oligodendrocytes do?
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Make up one segment of myelin
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Transfer nutrients from blood cells to neurons and waste from neurons to blood
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Make up myelin sheath
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Pick up and destroy debris around the neuron
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What do glial cells NOT do?
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Provide neurons with chemical signals
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Provide neurons with raw materials
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Help neurons with specialized structural components
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Trick question; they do all of these things
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[blank_start]Glogi[blank_end] stains are good for seeing neuron shapes, while [blank_start]Nissl[blank_end] stains are good for counting neurons
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What can we see with neuron stains?
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Specific proteins
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Action potentials
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Neuron connectivity
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Recently active neurons
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Label the neuron shapes
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Unipolar
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Bipolar
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Multipolar
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Unipolar
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Bipolar
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Multipolar
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Unipolar
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Bipolar
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Multipolar
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Label the functions of each lobe of the brain
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Motor
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Touch
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Audition
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Vision
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Label the steps of an action potential
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Label the steps of synaptic communication
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AP reaches axon terminal
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Ca2+ volt-gate ch. open, Ca2+ rushes in
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Ca2+ makes the vesicles sticky
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Vesicles fuse w/cell wall, release NTs
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NTs bind to receptors
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Ions depolarize or hyperpolarize cell
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Glutamate is sent to [blank_start]everywhere[blank_end], from [blank_start]everywhere[blank_end], and is the most predominate [blank_start]excitatory[blank_end] NT in the brain
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everywhere
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everywhere
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excitatory
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GABA is sent to [blank_start]everywhere[blank_end], from [blank_start]everywhere[blank_end], and is the most predominant [blank_start]inhibitory[blank_end] NT in the brain
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everywhere
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everywhere
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inhibitory
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Agonists [blank_start]increase[blank_end] NT activity and antagonists [blank_start]decrease[blank_end] NT activity
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If we know whether a drug is an agonist or an antagonist, we can infer its excitability effects
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Broca's area deals with [blank_start]the generation of language[blank_end] and Wernicke's area deals with [blank_start]understanding the meaning of language[blank_end]
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The basal ganglia system is involved with [blank_start]movement, decision-making, and habits[blank_end];
The Limbic system is involved with [blank_start]memory and emotion[blank_end]
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Parkinson's disease comes from a loss of dopamine cells in the substantia nigra
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75% of the brain's neurons are in the
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Cerebrum
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Cerebellum
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Corpus callosum
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At resting state, most Na+ ions can be found [blank_start]outside of the cell[blank_end] and most K+ ions can be found [blank_start]inside of the cell[blank_end]
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outside of the cell
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inside of the cell
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[blank_start]Nuclei tracts[blank_end] are in the CNS and [blank_start]Ganglia nerves[blank_end] are in the PNS
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Nuclei tracts
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Ganglia nerves
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Nuclei tracts
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Ganglia nerves
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With somatic intervention, we alter [blank_start]a structure or function in the brain[blank_end] and see how it changes [blank_start]behavior[blank_end]
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With behavioral intervention, we alter the body and see how it changes behavior
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Correlation is unrelated to causality
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Multiple sclerosis is characterized by a widespread degeneration of
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Neurons
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Glial cells
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Myelin
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Cortex
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The sympathetic nervous system helps the body [blank_start]fight or flight[blank_end] while the parasympathetic nervous system helps the body [blank_start]rest and digest[blank_end]
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fight or flight
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rest and digest
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In the cerebral cortex, [blank_start]gray matter[blank_end] mostly receives and processes information and [blank_start]white matter[blank_end] mostly transmits information
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How many layers are there in the cerebral cortex?
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Label the types of glial cells pictured
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microglia
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astrocyte
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oligodendrocyte
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schwann cell