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Molecular Principles of Brain Disorders

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Introduction lecture: Etiology of mental traits and disorders
Understanding etiology of disease...,
How can environmental factors exe...,
What kind of study is used to stu...
34  cards
Lecture about paper: Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
There are natural variations amon...,
A normal stress system has,
Explain the genetic pathway that ...
26  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 1: general mechanisms
How are protein aggregates formed,
Protein aggregation leads to two ...,
Answer the following questions wh...
34  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 2: Alzheimer's disease
What are symptoms,
Describe the pathology of alzheim...,
What is the amyloid cascade hypot...
28  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 3: Frontotemporal dementia
What is the definition of dementia,
Different causes of dementia can ...,
Vascular dementia parkinsons alzh...
35  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 4: synucleopathies (Parkinson's)
Name four characteristics of park...,
What primary brain area is affected,
What pathway is affected in parki...
35  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 5: prion and prion-like
Prion diseases can be sporadic,
What s the typical pathol,
What are prions
27  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 6: treatment for neurodegenerative disorders (therapy 1)
What two treatments exist for neu...,
What treatment options are there ...,
In regard to the treatment option...
25  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 6: treatment for neurodegenerative disorders (therapy 2)
Question already discussed in lec...,
Why is it most interestingly to t...,
What type of drugs are gamma secr...
32  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 6: treatment for neurodegenerative disorders (therapy 3)
The unfolded protein response,
Ire1 perk and atf6 all contribute...,
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28  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 7: stem cells
What are the three most important...,
Explain the meaning of a stam cel...,
What sources are there for stem c...
21  cards
Lecture neurodegenerative disorders 8: healthy centenarians - 100+ study
How is aging described in this le...,
What data was collected for the 1...,
Just know that this is the patien...
20  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 9: depression
What are diagnostic criteria for ...,
What is a lifestyle disease,
Is depression a lifestyle disease
60  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 10: ADHD
Which 3 words would you choose to...,
Fill in prevalence percentages of...,
What s the difference between boy...
48  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 11: neurobiology of Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD)
What is antisocial behavior,
When is a patient diagnosed with ...,
Is psychopathy the same as an
44  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 12: neurodiversity for ASD & ADHD
How do psychiatrists diagnose people,
What is the downside to diagnosin...,
Is categorizing diseases always bad
12  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 13: schizophrenia
Symptoms of,
What are delusions,
Name examples of specific types o...
40  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 14: bright side of mental illness - Creativity & Psychiatric conditions
What is the diathesis risk model,
A study was performed where they ...,
What happ
30  cards
Lecture psychiatric disorders 14: bright side of mental illness - Neurobiology of Resilience
What was the conclusion of the ca...,
What are other disadvantages when...,
What are risk genes of dopamine g...
15  cards

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