Cognition
What are the three colors recognized by cone cells in the eye?
What is red, blue, and green
Working memory depends to a large part on what part of the cerebral cortex?
What is the prefrontal cortex
Electric convulsive therapy is used to treat what brain disorder?
depression or major depression
Name a device that measures brain waves
What is Electroencephalograph(EEG)
What is the visual disorder that causes an inability to fuse information received from both eyes?
a. strabismus b. blindness c. glaucoma d. cataracts
a. Strabismus
True or False: Myelination begins to decrease and stops all together by age 40
What is False
Approximately how many neurons does the brain contain?
What is 100 billion neurons
What does SSRI stand for and what does it do?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor; prevent the reabsorption of neurotransmitters (common use is with antidepressant medication)
The abbreviation PET stands for what brain imagine technique?
What is Positron emission tomography
What is a cognitive disorder associated with chronic alcoholism?
What is Korsakoff's Syndrome
Besides sound, what do sense organs of the inner ear monitor?
Head movement, Head Position, Balance or Equilibrium
The biological clock is located in what part of the brain
What is the Hypothalamus
Lithium is a drug that has a mood-stabilizing effect and has been used successfully to treat what disorder?
Bipolar disorder
Name the surgical procedure that destroys part of the basal ganglia and helps Parkinson's patients
What is Pallidotomy
Prozac relieves symptoms of depression affecting which neurotransmitter?
What is serotonin
During development, neurons migrate to their final destination using what as a guidance scaffold?
a. astrocytes b. radial glia c. oligodendrocytes d. subplate neurons
Radial Glia
What part of the brain serves as a synaptic relay station for almost all sensory information coming into the cerebral cortex?
Hypothalamas
What neurotransmitters do current ADHD medications target?
Catecholamines (dopamine and norepinephrine)
What imagining technique provides a high quality image of organs and structures without radiation?
MRI
What is another name for bipolar disease?
What is Manic Depression
Give the correct name, other than pain receptor, for the receptors that respond to tissue damaging stimuli.
Nociceptors
During an action potential, what happens to the electrical charge inside the axon?
It changes from negative to positive
Name the pharmacological drug used to treat Nicotine drug addiction.
a. L-Dopa b. Memantine c. Bupropion d. Methylphenidate
Bupropion
(L-Dopa -> parkinsons, Memantine->Alzheimer's, Methylphenidate->ADHD)
What does fMRI stand for and what does it do?
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; uses magnetic fields to detect activity in the brain by monitoring blood flow
What is the most common type of mental retardation?
Fragile X Syndrome