Memory
What are the two types of memory?
Short-term and Long-term
What can children raised in orphanages w/o environmental enrichment develop?
Post-institutional autism
What is a variety of unpleasant symptoms that emerge without the drug?
Withdrawal
What do 69% of people suffer with everyday from less sleep?
Daily grogginess
What gland secretes what hormone when you are stressed?
Adrenal gland secretes cortisol
How does the hippocampus convert short-term memory become long-term memory?
Consolidation
What are two autistic behaviors that can be improved upon?
Social and Repetitive
What responses occur with first-time drug use?
Only unconditional response
What hormone is inhibited by light? Which gland produces this hormone?
Melatonin and Pineal gland
Which part of the brain deals with a lot of emotion?
Amygdala
Savant
What two mental issues can be improved with environmental enrichment?
ADHD and depression
What is the aim of the compensatory drug response?
Returning to homeostasis
What are the different stages of sleeping? How long is a typical sleep cycle?
Stage I-IV and REM. 90 minutes
Which part of the brain is particularly susceptible to cortisol? What kind of impairment does this lead to?
Hippocampus -> memory problems
Which neurotransmitter is associated with a strong emotional response? Bonus: How do you block bad memories from forming?
Norepinephrine
What mercury-based preservative was used in vaccines? Which is a neurotoxin?
Thimerosal (ethyl mercury) and Methyl mercury
What is the conditional stimulus and conditional response regarding drugs?
Drug administration ritual and compensatory response
What condition is caused by continually falling asleep? What kind of cells are these people missing?
Narcolepsy and Orexin
How do alcohol and benzodiazepine inhibit neurons in the amygdala? Bonus: what does caffeine do to the amygdala?
Activate GABA receptors to let hella chlorine in (hyperpolarize). Caffeine allows less chlorine to enter cell.
What are the three types of amnesia? Give a definition aswell.
Retrograde = No past. Anterograde = No new, Dementia (global) = no past/new
Which vaccine did people think caused autism?
MMR (mumps and rubella)
Where are dopamine neurons, and where does this brain part project to?
Ventral Tegmental area (VTA) projects to Nucleus accumbens (NA)
Which part of the brain wakes up quickly, and which part of the brain takes 2-4 hours to fully awaken?
Brain steam and prefrontal cortex
How do seizures and hypoxia lead to neuronal death?
Glutamate increase and binds to NMDA receptor -> Intracellular calcium increase -> activate proteases