Neurogenesis/Synaptogenesis
Long-term Potentiation/Depression
Diseases
Miscellaneous
100
This region of the brain is where new neurons are created.
What is the Hippocampus?
100
The persistent strengthening of synaptic connections, often considered a cellular mechanism for learning and memory.
What is Long-Term Potentiation?
100
An age-related neurodegenerative disease that affects memory, thinking and behavior.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
100
Cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world--the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system. (Your brain has about 100 billion of these smol units)
What is a Neuron?
200
The term for the production of new nerve cells, primarily occurring in the hippocampus and olfactory bulb.
What is Neurogenesis?
200
The persistent weakening of synaptic connections. (Opposite to LTP)
What is Long-Term Depression?
200
Physical damage to the brain tissue.
What is a Concussion?
200
The four categories of neuroplasticity.
What are Neurogenesis, Synaptogenesis, Long-Term Potentiation, and Long-Term Depression?
300
The term for the intricate process during early brain development that involves the formation of connections between neurons, leading to the establishment of neural circuits
What is Synaptogenesis?
300
LTP induction often involves the activation of these ionotropic receptors, which are particularly important for the influx of calcium ions. This is the name of the receptors crucial for the induction of NMDA receptor-dependent LTP.
What are NMDA Receptors?
300
Alterations in neuroplasticity are associated with cognitive decline and the brain compensates for neuronal loss and damage during this disease. Also talked about Wednesday in our deep brain stimulation class...
What is Parkinson's Disease?
300
The brain's ability to adapt, form new connections, and mold itself, to promote synaptic recovery and growth after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
What is Neuroplasticity?
400
In the context of synaptogenesis, the term describes specific time frames during which neural circuits are particularly sensitive to environmental influences and experiences, shaping long-term brain function. (also talked about during Deep Brain Stimulation)
What are Critical Periods?
400
Pruning happens during this period of your life.
What is your ENTIRE LIFE?
400
This describes the undesirable changes in neural circuits that contribute to chronic pain.
What is Maladaptive Neuroplasticity?
400
What is a brain?
500
The cellular process describes the migration of new neurons to their final destinations within the brain.
What is Integration?
500
One of the reasons your brain is hyper-efficient, running on just 20 watts of power.
What is Hahaha gotchu! Either answer is right!
500
Interventions such as neurorehabilitation and cognitive training aim to harness neuroplasticity for recovery; This describes the deliberate use of sensory or motor stimuli to enhance adaptive changes in neural circuits and improve function.
What are Therapeutic Approaches?
500
A conditioning experiment looking at the correlation between the presentation of the neutral stimulus and the biological outcome.
What is Pavlovian Training?