Biological Foundations of Mental Health

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Decks in this class (15)

Overview of CNS development
What is morphogenesis,
What is differentiation,
What are the developmental stages...
23  cards
Introduction to brain anatomy
What is the phenomenon of converg...,
What is the phenomenon of divergence,
What is the result of convergence...
27  cards
Microanatomy of the nervous system
Why did santiago ramon y cajal an...,
What makes the different types of...,
What are the glial subtypes
49  cards
Neuron-glial interactions and mental health
Do glial cells affect behaviour,
What are the 3 ways astrocytes ca...,
What are the components of the tr...
23  cards
From embryonic neural progenitor cells (NPCs) to adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN)
What are the 2 locations of adult...,
What are neuroepithelial cells,
What are the capacities of neuroe...
27  cards
Exploring mental health using stem cells
What are ipscs,
What are pluripotent cells,
Which cells have an ephemeral tem...
21  cards
Action potentials and synaptic transmission
What constitutes a cells membrane...,
What are the forms of proteins th...,
What are the 3 intracellular extr...
39  cards
Neurotransmitters, receptors and pathways
What does this 2s 3r 2d ssrrrdd s...,
What are the 3 components of a sy...,
What are the characteristics of g...
41  cards
Neurotransmission defects and mental health: Focus on schizophrenia
What is the state of diagnosis fo...,
What is the relatability of schiz...,
What are positive symptoms
33  cards
Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity
What are the possible fluctuation...,
What is the neurotransmitter invo...,
What does the tri cicuitry in the...
42  cards
From the dynamic synapse to synaptopathies
What are synapses,
What are the types of synapses,
What are the parts of a dendritic...
37  cards
The effects of activity, experience and deprivation on the nervous system
What is hebbian synaptic plasticity,
Why does fire together wire toget...,
What do synapses represent in the...
54  cards
Cerebral cortex and mental health
From which cortices does the asso...,
To which cortices does the associ...,
Is there information flowing betw...
24  cards
The structure and function of the basal ganglia
What are the basal ganglia substr...,
What are the 3 reentrant parallel...,
What are the input nuclei of the ...
30  cards
Reward, emotion and action
How does the brain respond to a r...,
What is the role of the mesolimbi...,
Who discovered the mesolimbic rew...
20  cards

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