This mediates the psychoactive effect of cannabis.
Endocannabinoid system
100
What is a necessary trigger of NMDAR dependent LTP?
What is Ca2+ through the NMDAR channel and a rise of CA2+ within the dendritic spine
100
What is A technique commonly used by electrophysiologist which allows them to measure voltage and current responses of a cell.
Patch clamping
100
What are gap junctions?
What is intracellular connection which allows various molecules, ions, and electrical impulses to directly pass from one cell to another.
100
Are cortical maps static?
What is NO!
200
Stimulates GABA release
Nitric oxide
200
What is LTP?
What is a persistent increase in synaptic strength.
200
What is Bicuculline?
An antagonist of GABAA receptors.
200
What is a common parameter measured during dual whole cell patch recordings?
What is coupling coefficient
200
What did Clark and Merzenich find after attaching the skin surfaces of two adjacent fingers in the monkey. Specifically what happened to the receptive field of the two digits?
What is the internal topography of the map of the fused digits resembled that of a normal single digit.
300
Marijuana affects brain function primarily by activating these receptors.
What is CB1 receptors
300
This is a necessary mediator of NMDAR dependent LTP no matter how it is induced.
What is Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)
300
What is ohms law?
V=IR or I=V/R or R=V/I
300
Landisman and Connors found that tetanic stimulation caused a long lasting ____ in electrical coupling strength within TRN cells.
What is Reduction
300
Celikel and Feldman found that after cutting the principle whisker this happened to firing order. Recovery?
What is layer 2 was proceeding layer 4, and after recovery layer 4 preceded layer 2.
400
The function of endogenous cannabinoids released by depolarized hippocampal neurons might be to __________ GABA release
What is downregulate
400
What is STDP?
A temporally asymmetric form of Hebbian learning induced by tight temporal correlations between the spikes of the pre-and post-synaptic neurons.
400
How long is an action potential usually?
1ms
400
What does mGluR stand for
What is metabotropic glutamate receptor.
400
Celikel and Feldman also found that whisker deprivation is likely to drive map plasticity by this mechanism.
What is spike timing-dependent mechanisms.
500
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) requires influx of this ion into the post synaptic neuron
What is calcium
500
STDP can or cannot strengthen a synapse without post synaptic firing?
What is cannot
500
What is the block inside of NMDA receptors?
Mg++
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!
What does TRN stand for?
What is thalamic reticular nucleus.
500
What are phantom limbs?
What is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts.