Name________________________ Midterm #1 Biology 3330, Fall
... 11. (6pts) Chemosensory (taste and olfaction): Fill in the blanks. The main organ of taste is the tongue on which the tip is sensitive to _________, the back is sensitive to __________, and the sides are sensitive to _______. On the tongue surface, there are small projections called _________, and e ...
... 11. (6pts) Chemosensory (taste and olfaction): Fill in the blanks. The main organ of taste is the tongue on which the tip is sensitive to _________, the back is sensitive to __________, and the sides are sensitive to _______. On the tongue surface, there are small projections called _________, and e ...
myelin sheath
... To illustrate competitive learning, consider the Kohonen network with 100 neurons arranged in the form of a two-dimensional lattice with 10 rows and 10 columns. The network is required to classify two-dimensional input vectors each neuron in the network should respond only to the input vectors oc ...
... To illustrate competitive learning, consider the Kohonen network with 100 neurons arranged in the form of a two-dimensional lattice with 10 rows and 10 columns. The network is required to classify two-dimensional input vectors each neuron in the network should respond only to the input vectors oc ...
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... To illustrate competitive learning, consider the Kohonen network with 100 neurons arranged in the form of a two-dimensional lattice with 10 rows and 10 columns. The network is required to classify two-dimensional input vectors each neuron in the network should respond only to the input vectors oc ...
... To illustrate competitive learning, consider the Kohonen network with 100 neurons arranged in the form of a two-dimensional lattice with 10 rows and 10 columns. The network is required to classify two-dimensional input vectors each neuron in the network should respond only to the input vectors oc ...
Topic: Nervous system Reading: Chapter 38 Main concepts
... • Neurons are the cells that make up nervous tissue and most of the nervous system. Dendrites receive signals, the cell body integrates incoming signals, the axon conducts the signals, and the synaptic terminal passes the signal to the next neuron. • Neurons: receive information, integrate and inter ...
... • Neurons are the cells that make up nervous tissue and most of the nervous system. Dendrites receive signals, the cell body integrates incoming signals, the axon conducts the signals, and the synaptic terminal passes the signal to the next neuron. • Neurons: receive information, integrate and inter ...
Neurons of the hippocampus form and function
... We compared the real-time activity of living cells in the three different regions (GC, CA3, CA1) of the hippocampus by using electrophysiology. The frequency of excitatory activity varies among granule and pyramidal cells. Granule cells tend to be more excitable. Confocal microscopy was then used to ...
... We compared the real-time activity of living cells in the three different regions (GC, CA3, CA1) of the hippocampus by using electrophysiology. The frequency of excitatory activity varies among granule and pyramidal cells. Granule cells tend to be more excitable. Confocal microscopy was then used to ...
Cognitive neuroscience lecture
... resistance to distraction (frontal) • Ranganath & Blumenfeld (2005) argue that MTL binds novel items together in single representation. STM storage can be disrupted in patients with MT damage when items are novel (novel items rarely used in most STM studies) • Furthermore patients with frontal damag ...
... resistance to distraction (frontal) • Ranganath & Blumenfeld (2005) argue that MTL binds novel items together in single representation. STM storage can be disrupted in patients with MT damage when items are novel (novel items rarely used in most STM studies) • Furthermore patients with frontal damag ...
Essential Questions and Vocabulary
... lobes, temporal lobes, moror cortex, sensory cortex, association areas, aphasia, Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, plasticity, corpus callosum, split brain ...
... lobes, temporal lobes, moror cortex, sensory cortex, association areas, aphasia, Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, plasticity, corpus callosum, split brain ...
Sensory Neuron Processing
... o Each sensory neuron responds primarily to only one particular type of stimulus This is called it’s normal – Example: photoreceptors, chemoreceptors The dendrite of the sensory neuron transduces (converts) the stimulus into changes in membrane potential. stimulus >>>>> increased permeability of ...
... o Each sensory neuron responds primarily to only one particular type of stimulus This is called it’s normal – Example: photoreceptors, chemoreceptors The dendrite of the sensory neuron transduces (converts) the stimulus into changes in membrane potential. stimulus >>>>> increased permeability of ...
The Nervous System
... making the inside more positive than the outside at the stimulated point; this depolarization is a nerve impulse (action potential) The stimulated section of membrane immediately repolarizes, but by that time the depolarization has already triggered the next section of membrane to depolarize, thus ...
... making the inside more positive than the outside at the stimulated point; this depolarization is a nerve impulse (action potential) The stimulated section of membrane immediately repolarizes, but by that time the depolarization has already triggered the next section of membrane to depolarize, thus ...
W3005 1/29/0 Prof
... however, we amputate the young axon, another neurite can differentiate into an axon. Why is axonal navigation important? This process is essential for the formation of specific connections between nerve cells, the basic “wiring diagram” of the brain. Navigation results in an initial mapping of neuro ...
... however, we amputate the young axon, another neurite can differentiate into an axon. Why is axonal navigation important? This process is essential for the formation of specific connections between nerve cells, the basic “wiring diagram” of the brain. Navigation results in an initial mapping of neuro ...
Molecular heterogeneity of central synapses: afferent and target
... An attractive idea is that activity, by means of release of transfor targeting GABA versus glutamate receptors to separate postmitter and activation of the appropriate receptor, may be a key synaptic sites, often a few microns apart on a single dendrite. signal for synaptogenesis or synapse stabiliz ...
... An attractive idea is that activity, by means of release of transfor targeting GABA versus glutamate receptors to separate postmitter and activation of the appropriate receptor, may be a key synaptic sites, often a few microns apart on a single dendrite. signal for synaptogenesis or synapse stabiliz ...
File - Schuette Science
... Example: vertebrae of the spine; sliding joint 3. Freely movable joints: allows the widest range of motion. The following are examples of these joints: a.. pivot joint: bones rotate around each other. Example: skull attaches to vertebral column b. ball-and-socket joint: ball shaped end of one bone f ...
... Example: vertebrae of the spine; sliding joint 3. Freely movable joints: allows the widest range of motion. The following are examples of these joints: a.. pivot joint: bones rotate around each other. Example: skull attaches to vertebral column b. ball-and-socket joint: ball shaped end of one bone f ...
ES145 - Systems Analysis & Physiology
... Brain itself has no pain receptors, so stimulation can be done on fully conscious patients. He found that stimulation of points in the temporal lobe produced vivid childhood memories, or pieces of old musical tunes. A 21 year old man reported: “It was like standing in the doorway at [my] high school ...
... Brain itself has no pain receptors, so stimulation can be done on fully conscious patients. He found that stimulation of points in the temporal lobe produced vivid childhood memories, or pieces of old musical tunes. A 21 year old man reported: “It was like standing in the doorway at [my] high school ...
Lecture 4: Connective tissues
... Over 20 collagen types are known, designated by roman numerals. Each collagen molecule comprises three chains. Type I collagen has chains from two different genes - its composition is [1(I)]2 [2(I)] Types II and III collagen have only one chain - their compositions are, therefore, [1(II)]3 and ...
... Over 20 collagen types are known, designated by roman numerals. Each collagen molecule comprises three chains. Type I collagen has chains from two different genes - its composition is [1(I)]2 [2(I)] Types II and III collagen have only one chain - their compositions are, therefore, [1(II)]3 and ...
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... 1. Receptor level—the sensor receptors 2. Circuit level—ascending pathways 3. Perceptual level—neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex ...
... 1. Receptor level—the sensor receptors 2. Circuit level—ascending pathways 3. Perceptual level—neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex ...
BASICS OF NEUROBIOLOGY Zsolt Liposits and Imre Kalló 2016
... cyto-differentiation of the cerebral cortex. The second lecture provides an overview about the structural organization of the spinal cord, and explains the term of spinal cord segments, which receives sensory input from and send motor commands to well defined portions (segments, the existence of whi ...
... cyto-differentiation of the cerebral cortex. The second lecture provides an overview about the structural organization of the spinal cord, and explains the term of spinal cord segments, which receives sensory input from and send motor commands to well defined portions (segments, the existence of whi ...
NERVOUS SYSTEM
... up a current that spreads out from the site of the action potential. Again, just like the graded potentials, it will decay with distance. However, if the current spreads to another site on the membrane containing voltage-gated Na+ channels and the current still has sufficient voltage to depolarize t ...
... up a current that spreads out from the site of the action potential. Again, just like the graded potentials, it will decay with distance. However, if the current spreads to another site on the membrane containing voltage-gated Na+ channels and the current still has sufficient voltage to depolarize t ...
CHAPTER 10: NERVOUS SYSTEM I
... When threshold potential is reached, the rapid opening of Na+ channels results in rapid depolarization (and even reversal of the membrane potential [MP] to +30mV); a. This event is called the action potential. ...
... When threshold potential is reached, the rapid opening of Na+ channels results in rapid depolarization (and even reversal of the membrane potential [MP] to +30mV); a. This event is called the action potential. ...
NS pdf
... C. The distal portion will die (degenerate). Macrophages move into the area and remove debris. D. Neuron cell body reorganizes its Nissl bodies to provide proteins necessary for axon growth. E. The Schwann cells form a regeneration tube that helps guide the axon to its proper destination. F. New fib ...
... C. The distal portion will die (degenerate). Macrophages move into the area and remove debris. D. Neuron cell body reorganizes its Nissl bodies to provide proteins necessary for axon growth. E. The Schwann cells form a regeneration tube that helps guide the axon to its proper destination. F. New fib ...
Neurons and Nervous System
... Most neurons have four regions: • Cell body: contains the nucleus and organelles • Dendrites: bring information to the cell body • Axon: carries information away from the cell body • Axon terminal: forms synapse at tip of axon ...
... Most neurons have four regions: • Cell body: contains the nucleus and organelles • Dendrites: bring information to the cell body • Axon: carries information away from the cell body • Axon terminal: forms synapse at tip of axon ...
The Senses
... • Sounds detected as increase in action potentials by the brain ▫ Higher volume = higher amplitude of generated wave ▫ Creates more vigorous vibrations in cochlea = more bending = more action potentials ...
... • Sounds detected as increase in action potentials by the brain ▫ Higher volume = higher amplitude of generated wave ▫ Creates more vigorous vibrations in cochlea = more bending = more action potentials ...
Parts of the Neuron 45
... ferry outgoing messages to neighboring neurons across the synapse, a tiny gap that separates one neuron from another. Dendrites are treelike structures that project from the soma. Dendrites have receptor sites, or docking stations, that enable them to receive neurotransmitters released by neighborin ...
... ferry outgoing messages to neighboring neurons across the synapse, a tiny gap that separates one neuron from another. Dendrites are treelike structures that project from the soma. Dendrites have receptor sites, or docking stations, that enable them to receive neurotransmitters released by neighborin ...
The nervous system
... NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT RECEIVES AND TRANSMITS MESSAGES MADE UP OF 4 PARTS - DENDRITES - CELL BODY (which contains the nucleus) - AXON - AXON TERMINALS ...
... NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT RECEIVES AND TRANSMITS MESSAGES MADE UP OF 4 PARTS - DENDRITES - CELL BODY (which contains the nucleus) - AXON - AXON TERMINALS ...