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vision and the visual pathways
What are the 4 regions of the ret...,
What are the 4 regions of photore...,
Explanation of rod cells 3
30  cards
hearing, balance, taste and olfaction
Sound 1,
3 parts of the ear 2,
Role of the pinna 3
50  cards
thalamus
Hypothalamus 1,
Epithalamus 2,
Subthalamus 3
38  cards
tract anatomy
What are the two somatic ascendin...,
What does the dcml concern 2,
Where are first order neurons in ...
31  cards
relfex pathways
What is a reflex 1,
What is the myotatic relfex 2,
Mechanisms of monosynaptic myotat...
24  cards
clinical neurology
Type of pathologies mneumonic vit...,
What does iatrogenic mean 2,
What does idiopathic mean 3
23  cards
development of the CNS
What are the stages the cns devel...,
What is gastrulation 2,
When does gastrulation begin 3
34  cards
development of the cortex
What are the three stages to cort...,
What is the pial surface 2,
What is the ventricular surface 3
22  cards
axon targeting
What is axon targeting 1,
What are the three main mechanism...,
What are axon guidance cues 3
27  cards
developmental synaptic plasticity and cortical dominance columns
What does synaptic plasticity mak...,
What is apv 2,
What receptors mediate synaptic p...
19  cards
neurons and glia
What are neurons 1,
What are glia 2,
How do we stain neurons 3
21  cards
action potentials
Resting potential 1,
Sodium potassium atp ase 2,
What is the value for rest 3
18  cards
synaptic transmission
What is an epsp excitatory postsy...,
What is an ipsp inhibitory postsy...,
Excitatory transmission 3
16  cards
computational neuroscience
Levels of models 1,
What are interpretive models 2,
What are mechanistic models 3
7  cards
anatomy of a neuron
What are the main cellular compon...,
Cerebellar purkinje cell structure 2,
Function of cerebellar purkinje c...
29  cards
gene expression and protein synthesis
Central dogma of molecular biology 1,
What are the potential products o...,
What are ribozymes 3
35  cards
neurotransmitters
What is a classical neurotransmit...,
What is an auto neurotransmitter 2,
What is a retrograde neurotransmi...
41  cards
generating diversity
What is the priamry structure of ...,
What is the secondary structure o...,
What is the tertiary structure of...
31  cards
voltage gated ion channels
Examples of voltage gated channels 1,
Why study voltage gated sodium an...,
Why study voltage gated calcium c...
23  cards
ligand-gated ion channels
What are ligand gated channel lin...,
Are ligand gated ion channel iono...,
What time scale do lgic work in 3
34  cards
role of the cytoskeleton
What is the cytoskeleton 1,
How does the cytoskeleton assist ...,
What are cytoskeletal networks ma...
42  cards
metabotropic receptors
What time frame do g protein coup...,
What is a g protein coupled recep...,
What is an example of g protein c...
29  cards
networks
What is a network scott emmons 1,
Network defintion 2,
Can we determine the human connec...
24  cards
synaptic plasticity
Induction of ltd at ca3 ca1 synap...,
Expression of ltd at ca3 ca1 syna...,
Long term depression 3
15  cards
hippocampus
Hm and episodic memory 1,
Maguire 2000 2,
Morris water maze 3
16  cards
PD and AD
Parkinsonism 1,
Wilson s disease 2,
Alzheimers 3
5  cards
cortical modulatory networks
What is a cmn 1,
What are the multiple scales of n...,
Where is acetylcholine released f...
30  cards
learning and memory
What is learning 1,
What is memory 2,
Inference of behavioural change r...
25  cards
amnesia
What area of the brain is episodi...,
What area of the brain is semanti...,
What part of the brain is conditi...
23  cards
motor learning
Descending pathways produce movem...,
Corticospinal tract 2,
Corticobulbar tract 3
15  cards
cerebellum and basal nuclei
Where are the basal nuclei situat...,
What are the basal nuclei strognl...,
What are the components of the ba...
40  cards
cerebellar network
What are the two main functional ...,
Role of the cerebral cortex in th...,
Main output of the cerebellar cor...
33  cards
basal nuclei network
What regions form the inhibitory ...,
What region forrm the regulatory ...,
What is tonic activity 3
29  cards
glial cells
What are the 4 glial cells 1,
Where do astrocytes oligodendrocy...,
Where do microglia originate from 3
31  cards
trafficking and signalling
What is synaptic strength 1,
What are strong synapses 2,
What are weak synapses 3
38  cards
synaptic plasticity 1
What is plasticity 1,
How can plasticity occur 2,
Functional cortical plasticty 3
23  cards
language
Language acquisition phonology 1,
Dehaene lambertz et al 2002 2,
Phonological distinction and disc...
33  cards
schizophrenia and depression
What percentage of the population...,
What percentage of the population...,
How are mental disorders diagnosed 3
44  cards

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