| Introduction to the Nervous System | Neurons and Glia | The Neuron at Rest | Electrical Communication within a Neuron | Neurotransmitter Release |
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What are the PNS equivalents to the meninges?
Epineurium (Dura Mater), Perineurium (Arachnoid Mater), and Endoneurium (Pia Mater)
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What are neurons with similar functions and characteristics are grouped together (CNS and PNS names)?
Nuclei (CNS) and Ganglia (PNS)
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What is the resting potential of neurons?
-50 to -70 mV
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What is defined as PSPs that happen at the same time that can summate over the entire cell surface?
Spatial Summation
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What are the two t-SNARES?
SNAP-25 and Syntaxin
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What brain area learns from motor experiences to ensure accurate movement execution?
Cerebellum
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Calcium signaling between astrocytes occurs via what?
IP3 diffusion
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At a potential of -120 mV, K ions will move in or out of the cell?
Inside
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What is the equation for conduction velocity?
2 times lambda over the time constant
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What is the ATPase that provides the energy to unzip the SNAREpin?
NSF
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Which brain region functions are homeostasis, emotion, and consciousness?
Insular lobe
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Name two paraneoplastic diseases
Cushing's syndrome and Lambert-Eaton syndrome
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Which Cl- ion transporter always moves Cl ions out of the cell?
KCC
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What disease is a demyelinating hereditary sensory-motor neuropathy?
Chacot-Marie-Tooth Disease
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What are two proposed mechanisms of vesicle fusion?
Full collapse and Kiss and Run
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What consists of the cerebral cortex, striatum and pallidum, and amygdala?
Telencephalon
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From which cell type do meningiomas derive?
Non-glial cells (arachnoid) or pituitary adenomas
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What effect does the GABAa receptor have on R input?
Decreases R input
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After one time constant has passed, an EPSP of a final magnitude of 100 uV will depolarize to?
63 uV
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What is protein suppresses constitutive fusion?
complexin
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In order, what are the brain areas used in the baroreceptor reflex?
NTS to cVLM to rVLM to IML
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Astrocytes influence the synaptic response by releasing what?
Glutamate
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What are the permeabilities of K, Na, and Cl?
K=1.00 , Na = 0.004 , Cl = 0.45
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What are two components of myelin?
galactocerebroside and myelin basic protein
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What brain areas are affected by BoTox, Tetanus, and alpha-laxtrotoxin
BoTox - peripheral cholinergic terminal
Tetanus - CNS inhibitory interneurons of spinal cord Alpha-latrotoxin - pre synapses of the whole body |
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