Brain - Cloudfront.net
... Depolarization: Depolarization occurs when positive ions enter the neuron, making it more prone to firing an action potential. Hyperpolarization occurs when negative ions enter the neuron, making it less prone to firing an action potential. ...
... Depolarization: Depolarization occurs when positive ions enter the neuron, making it more prone to firing an action potential. Hyperpolarization occurs when negative ions enter the neuron, making it less prone to firing an action potential. ...
Brain Abnormalities in Murderers Indicated by
... Cortical Peel Technique (lateral areas). Surface cortical regions of interest were measured using a modification of the original cortical peel technique (Buchsbaum et al 1990) with the four lobes and four anatomical subdivisions of each identified stereotactically (Buchsbaum et al 1989). This techni ...
... Cortical Peel Technique (lateral areas). Surface cortical regions of interest were measured using a modification of the original cortical peel technique (Buchsbaum et al 1990) with the four lobes and four anatomical subdivisions of each identified stereotactically (Buchsbaum et al 1989). This techni ...
Neurophysiology and Psycho-Pharmacology Final Exam General
... Mood Disorders = massively dysregulated emotional state Anxiety Disorders = flood of arousal causing dysfunction Bipolar Disorder = "kindling effect" increasing frequency and intensity of dysfunction, becomes stable feature that no longer needs a triggering effect (don't know where their baseline is ...
... Mood Disorders = massively dysregulated emotional state Anxiety Disorders = flood of arousal causing dysfunction Bipolar Disorder = "kindling effect" increasing frequency and intensity of dysfunction, becomes stable feature that no longer needs a triggering effect (don't know where their baseline is ...
Arithmetic
... Subtraction can have unwanted consequences when the important processing goes on in both conditions. Another approach is known as parametric variation in which variance of each variable is estimated. ...
... Subtraction can have unwanted consequences when the important processing goes on in both conditions. Another approach is known as parametric variation in which variance of each variable is estimated. ...
In cognitive neuroscience, the prefrontal cortex represents a kind of
... conducted a similar experiment in macaque PFC which engaged both ‘what’ and ‘where’ working memory. They recorded from 195 neurons in ‘lateral’ PFC, but unfortunately do not provide much more information regarding the specific location of recording sites. The monkey was instructed to fixate on a fix ...
... conducted a similar experiment in macaque PFC which engaged both ‘what’ and ‘where’ working memory. They recorded from 195 neurons in ‘lateral’ PFC, but unfortunately do not provide much more information regarding the specific location of recording sites. The monkey was instructed to fixate on a fix ...
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (PART II): THE TRAFFIC CONTROL
... 3. The cerebral cortex generates the movement plan and sends orders directly to the ventral horn motor neurons. In addition, the cortex sends the planned movements to subcortical structures such as the thalamus, basal nuclei, and cerebellum. The subcortical structures finetune and coordinate the mov ...
... 3. The cerebral cortex generates the movement plan and sends orders directly to the ventral horn motor neurons. In addition, the cortex sends the planned movements to subcortical structures such as the thalamus, basal nuclei, and cerebellum. The subcortical structures finetune and coordinate the mov ...
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... – computerized tomography – positron emission tomography – magnetic resonance imaging ...
... – computerized tomography – positron emission tomography – magnetic resonance imaging ...
Biology and Behavior
... grammatically, a condition called Broca’s aphasia. (2) Wernicke’s area is a region of the association cortex, usually in the left temporal lobe. Damage to this region leaves fluency intact but makes it difficult to understand the meaning of words or to speak understandably. b) Other association area ...
... grammatically, a condition called Broca’s aphasia. (2) Wernicke’s area is a region of the association cortex, usually in the left temporal lobe. Damage to this region leaves fluency intact but makes it difficult to understand the meaning of words or to speak understandably. b) Other association area ...
Emotional and cognitive factors in financial decision
... Supervisors: Professor Mark Fenton-O’Creevy and Dr Cristina Quinones Project outline There is increasing evidence that human decision making is not simply a cognitive process. Emotions and physiological factors are intertwined with human decision-making from perception through to action. Emotions dr ...
... Supervisors: Professor Mark Fenton-O’Creevy and Dr Cristina Quinones Project outline There is increasing evidence that human decision making is not simply a cognitive process. Emotions and physiological factors are intertwined with human decision-making from perception through to action. Emotions dr ...
Ch. 11 Notes
... • When sensory impulses reach the r.f., it responds by activating the cerebral cortex into wakefulness • The cerebral cortex can also activate the r.f. (intense cerebral activity keeps a person awake) • If the r.f. is destroyed, a person remains in a comatose state ...
... • When sensory impulses reach the r.f., it responds by activating the cerebral cortex into wakefulness • The cerebral cortex can also activate the r.f. (intense cerebral activity keeps a person awake) • If the r.f. is destroyed, a person remains in a comatose state ...
Resilient outcome - Anna Freud Centre
... as well as in basic and higher order ‘processes’ • Both basic and higher order processes are altered in a range of disorders associated with maltreatment (e.g. anxiety, depression and conduct problems). Here I will focus on: o Threat processing o Autobiographical memory • How might early adversity s ...
... as well as in basic and higher order ‘processes’ • Both basic and higher order processes are altered in a range of disorders associated with maltreatment (e.g. anxiety, depression and conduct problems). Here I will focus on: o Threat processing o Autobiographical memory • How might early adversity s ...
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... • Cortico-Pontine-Cerebellar Circuit Cerebellum communicates with cortical association areas and adjusts laughing/crying responses to appropriate cognitive/social context ...
... • Cortico-Pontine-Cerebellar Circuit Cerebellum communicates with cortical association areas and adjusts laughing/crying responses to appropriate cognitive/social context ...
Chapter 4: The Central Nervous System
... Its ascending tracts extend to parts of the brain while its descending tracts descend to the spinal cord The general functions of the RAS are to regulate cortical arousal, increasing or decreasing depending on feedback from the brain and spinal cord It also influences whether we are awake, asleep or ...
... Its ascending tracts extend to parts of the brain while its descending tracts descend to the spinal cord The general functions of the RAS are to regulate cortical arousal, increasing or decreasing depending on feedback from the brain and spinal cord It also influences whether we are awake, asleep or ...
2. Nervous system anatomy
... and the endocrine system – Two major structures control endocrine function • Anterior pituitary gland • Posterior pituitary gland ...
... and the endocrine system – Two major structures control endocrine function • Anterior pituitary gland • Posterior pituitary gland ...
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... • Four stages with two major phases • Slow-wave sleep • Adjust body without conscious commands ...
... • Four stages with two major phases • Slow-wave sleep • Adjust body without conscious commands ...
Central Nervous System
... The right hemisphere controls artistic expression, creativity and spatial understanding. 7) What did the study of Phineas Gage teach us about the brain? The brain is not only responsible for language and movement but it is also responsible for determining one’s emotions and personality. ...
... The right hemisphere controls artistic expression, creativity and spatial understanding. 7) What did the study of Phineas Gage teach us about the brain? The brain is not only responsible for language and movement but it is also responsible for determining one’s emotions and personality. ...
Prefrontal cortex and diverse functions Keiji Tanaka The prefrontal
... information of sensory inputs and motor plans via cortico-cortical and cortico-thalamocortical projections with the mediodorsal nucleus as the major thalamic relay site. PFC also receives internal information from the limbic and subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalam ...
... information of sensory inputs and motor plans via cortico-cortical and cortico-thalamocortical projections with the mediodorsal nucleus as the major thalamic relay site. PFC also receives internal information from the limbic and subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalam ...
Supplementary Materials ANTICIPATION PHASE Neutral vs. gain
... in areas related to the default mode network (DMN) [40], including bilateral middle frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and lateral occipital cortex, and left insula, orbitofrontal cortex, and inferior fr ...
... in areas related to the default mode network (DMN) [40], including bilateral middle frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and lateral occipital cortex, and left insula, orbitofrontal cortex, and inferior fr ...
Learning Skill
... visual, auditory, pain, taste). Sensory nerves originating from Pacinian corpuscles in the skin (mechanoreceptors) respond to touch. Sensory nerves originating from proprioceptors in the joints respond to “angle-specific pressure” A-delta nerves originating from free nerve endings (Noci receptors) r ...
... visual, auditory, pain, taste). Sensory nerves originating from Pacinian corpuscles in the skin (mechanoreceptors) respond to touch. Sensory nerves originating from proprioceptors in the joints respond to “angle-specific pressure” A-delta nerves originating from free nerve endings (Noci receptors) r ...
Human medial frontal cortex mediates unconscious inhibition of
... this debate is also tangential to our main purpose of simply studying whether SEF and SMA are associated with automatic inhibition (however it is triggered), the debate’s resolution will have interesting implications for the exact roles of the SEF and SMA – how directly dependent on sensory input ar ...
... this debate is also tangential to our main purpose of simply studying whether SEF and SMA are associated with automatic inhibition (however it is triggered), the debate’s resolution will have interesting implications for the exact roles of the SEF and SMA – how directly dependent on sensory input ar ...
Anomalous Prefrontal-Subcortical Activation in
... DLPFC N-acetylaspartate levels, a marker of neuronal density, in adults8 and children9 with BD. Additionally, children with BD during a manic episode were reported to have increased myo-inositol levels in the ACC.10 In light of these findings, it is likely that these prefrontal areas are involved i ...
... DLPFC N-acetylaspartate levels, a marker of neuronal density, in adults8 and children9 with BD. Additionally, children with BD during a manic episode were reported to have increased myo-inositol levels in the ACC.10 In light of these findings, it is likely that these prefrontal areas are involved i ...
Brain Regions
... together in a highly organized fashion to form the rapid control center of the body. • Functions include: – Integrating center for homeostasis, movement, and almost all other body functions. – The mysterious source of those traits that we think of as setting humans apart from animals ...
... together in a highly organized fashion to form the rapid control center of the body. • Functions include: – Integrating center for homeostasis, movement, and almost all other body functions. – The mysterious source of those traits that we think of as setting humans apart from animals ...