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Decks in this class (24)

L2: Intro to Neurophysiology
How is the nervous system divided...,
What is included in the cns,
What is included in the pns
23  cards
L3: Cell Membrane Electrophysiology
What is the cell membrane a barri...,
What are transport proteins for,
What is the nernst equation used for
13  cards
L4: Action Potentials
Conductance _________ _________,
Describe na conductance during an...,
Describe k conductance during an ...
18  cards
Lab 1
Why is sampling rate important,
What does compressing our data al...,
What difference between eyes clos...
8  cards
L5: Synaptic transmission I - General features
What are two types of synapses co...,
What are the 3 types of neurotran...,
Describe the 2 different types of...
9  cards
L7: Cell Communication
What is paracrine activation,
What is autocrine activation,
What is endocrine activation
14  cards
L9: Skeletal Muscle Neurophysiology I
What is a sarcomere,
Which is the thin and which is th...,
What is an active zone
8  cards
L10: Skeletal Muscle Neurophysiology 2
What causes ca2 to be released,
What does ach bind to,
What does ach bind to
17  cards
L11: Excitation-contraction coupling
What are t tubules,
Describe the sarcoplasmic reticulum,
What is the terminal systerne
13  cards
L12: Skeletal Muscle Plasticity
What are the 3 key physiological ...,
What makes the types of myosin di...,
Describe oxidative energy production
21  cards
L13: Somatosensory system
Somatosensory receptors neurons c...,
What are the 3 types of somatosen...,
What are the 5 types of mechanore...
22  cards
L14: Pain
What are the 3 types of pain,
What is the disorder associated w...,
What causes cipa
18  cards
L15: Control of Movement
What do central pattern generator...,
Describe the activity pattern of ...,
Describe the motor control hierarchy
15  cards
L16: Behaviour, language & learning
Wernicke s area,
Broca s area,
Damage to wernicke s
9  cards
L17: Autonomic Nervous System
Divisions of the autonomic nervou...,
Preganglionic vs ganglionic neurons,
Anatomy of sns
16  cards
L18: Higher brain functions
Vegetative state,
Coma,
Normal brain activity vs during a...
10  cards
L19-22: Vision
Cornea,
Sclera,
Aqueous humour
41  cards
L6: Neurotransmitters & receptors
What are the 3 types of neurotran...,
Types of small molecule neurotran...,
Neurotransmission with small mole...
11  cards
L8: Intracellular signalling
Steroid hormone receptors,
Steroid hormone receptor complex,
Thyroid hormones
6  cards
Lab 2: Nerve Action Potential and Conduction
Why is the whole nerve potential ...,
Threshold,
What happened as we shortened the...
10  cards
Lab 3: Skeletal muscle contraction
Motor unit,
Difference between motor unit rec...,
Muscle fibre types in edl vs soleus
7  cards
Lab 4: Neurophysiology Studied in Humans
T reflex in soleus pathway,
What do m and h waves represent,
As voltage increased what happene...
3  cards
Lab 5: Vision
What is the latency for catching ...,
Why is latency longer in the dark,
Why is reaction time slower in th...
11  cards
Lab 6: Taste, Smell, Hearing and Vestibular Function
Adaption of taste,
Mixture supression,
Mixed solution after sweet adaption
10  cards

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