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Lecture 1: Why have a nervous system?
What are the two divisions of the...
1  cards
Lecture 2: The cellular basis of neuronal communication
What does the form of the cells o...,
What are the cells of the nervous...,
What is the role of ion transporters
6  cards
Lecture 3: Neural communication
Do chemical synapses rely on ener...,
How fast are chemical synapses ab...,
What is the downfall of electrica...
7  cards
Lecture 4: Neural plasticity
What are gpcrs able to control,
How is the ns wired,
What depends on the amount of neu...
11  cards
Lecture 5: Development of the nervous system
What are the integrated steps req...,
What is the entire cns formed from,
What is epidermal fate determined by
37  cards
Lecture 6: How to study neurons and brains
How can we carry out neurological...,
What does the neurological exam i...,
Which neurological tests are spec...
10  cards
Lecture 7: Gustation and olfaction
What is flavour,
What are the five defined tastes,
How many different odours can hum...
25  cards
Lecture 8: Tactile sensation and perception
What does the somatosensory syste...,
What is most of the body covered by,
What is the palmar surface of the...
32  cards
Lecture 9: Auditory sensation and perception
In visual perception how must we ...,
Which receptors detect vibrations...,
What is the sensitivity and dynam...
7  cards
Lecture 10: Vision 1
What fundamentally visual acuity,
What are the optical factors whic...,
How does light trigger a neural r...
24  cards
Lecture 11: Vision 2
What are the ganglion cells,
What are the characteristics of m...,
What are the characteristics of p...
27  cards
Lecture 12: Sex steroids and the nervous system
What are sex chromosomes,
What is the testis determining fa...,
Which sex hormones do the male an...
33  cards
Lecture 13: Autonomic nervous system 1
What is the ans critical for,
What is homeostasis,
What is allostasis
44  cards
Lecture 14: Autonomic nervous system 2
Why does the cns need information...,
Why does the cns need circuits,
What do the sensory and integrati...
27  cards
Lecture 15: Digestion and its neural control
How is food broken down in the body,
What happens to byproducts of the...,
What does digestion involve
28  cards
Lecture 16: Control of movement 1
Are issues to do with lower motor...,
What is the role of the basal gan...,
What is the role of the cerebellum
14  cards
Lecture 17: Control of movement 2
What does locomotion rely upon,
What happens if the leg is still ...,
What happens when the leg is full...
16  cards
Lecture 18: Modulation of movement
What are the functions of the bas...,
What are the motor components of ...,
What type of neurons are present ...
12  cards
Lecture 19: Control of gaze
What are the six pairs of extraoc...,
What do forces acting on the head...,
What is an ampulla
6  cards
Lecture 20: Memory and learning 1
What are implicit memories,
What are examples of implicit memory,
What are explicit memories
32  cards
Lecture 21: Memory and learning 2
What is memory stored as,
How is memory localised in the brain,
Where is a particular memory located
23  cards
Lecture 22: Time, place and space
Why were lashley s cortical lesio...,
What does the canonical hippocamp...,
What is a preparation that is com...
13  cards
Lecture 23: Pain
What is pain,
What are the sensory discriminati...,
What are the motivational affecti...
37  cards
Lecture 24: Fear
What are examples of instinctive ...,
What are examples of emotion,
What is instinctive behaviour
16  cards
Lecture 25: Reward
What has the study of addictive h...,
Which sites in the brain produce ...,
What is the dopaminergic pathway ...
22  cards
Lecture 26: Disorders of the nervous system 1
What are the four categories of m...,
What do learning and developmenta...,
What are the most significant neu...
24  cards
Lecture 27: Disorders of the nervous system 2
Prior to any psychotic episodes w...,
What may non psychotic signs include,
What might psychotic episodes entail
18  cards
Lecture 28: Metaplasticity
Why have mortality rates increase...,
What is the biggest drug problem,
What are chronic alcohol related ...
17  cards
Lecture 29: Evolution of the nervous system
In what ways do brains differ bet...,
What is important for brain archi...,
What hasn t changed in the brain ...
15  cards
Lecture 30: Language
What is the role of wernicke s area,
What causes hemispheric asymmetry...,
What are left hemisphere functions
15  cards
Lecture 31: Social cognition
What is the population founder ef...,
What is phonetic complexity relat...,
What is foxp2
21  cards
Lecture 32: Other cognitive realms
What does much of our conscious m...,
What is the role of the dorsolate...,
What is working memory
30  cards
Lecture 33: Consciousness
How does the brain produce our ex...,
What is a view of consciousness,
What is consciousness an example of
12  cards

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