Neurogenesis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the human genome? correct answers a composite genome derived from multiple donors How many nucleotides are in the human genome? correct answers 3 billion What percentage of gene encoding areas are covered by the Human Genome? correct answers 1-2% What does a complete genome contain? correct answers all the genetic material of an organism What is the central dogma in molecular biology? correct answers DNA is transcribed into RNA and is translated into protein What is the es...

NURS 5461 DEPRESSION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Limbic System. amygdala Gauge and modulate emotions/ thoughts of death and guilt, Limbic system hippocampus Affects memory/concentration less size/ neurogenesis in depression Frontal cortex Linked to depressed mood and problems concentrating. Reduced in size and hyopactive in D, difficulty in thinking/planning-->rely on amygdala so response is emotion based Basal ganglia Linked to psychomotor agitation o...

Infant and Child Development Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

60 yo right-handed M, getting lost, only writes on right half of paper. Left-sided hemi-neglect. Where is the lesion? - ANSWERRIGHT PARIETAL LOBE 66 yo with HTN develops vertigo, diplopia, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, L face numbness, nystagmus, hoarseness, ataxia of limbs, staggering gait, and tendency to fall to the left. Dx? - ANSWERLATERAL MEDULLARY STROKE 26 yo w/HA and R-hand clumsiness for weeks. Exam shows difficutty w/rapid alternating movements of hand, overt intention tremor on finger...

EXSC 191 Final Exam Review liz Anderson Practice Questions and Answers How many type 2 diabetes cases could be prevented with diet and exercise? - Ans:-90% What does macrosomia mean? - Ans:-Overweight newborn PA guidelines for children (MVPA)? - Ans:-60 min/day what has the greatest nutritional influence on older children? - Ans:-Media what is the memory center of the brain? - Ans:-hippocampus What is the emotion center of the brain? - Ans:-amygdala area of the brain for critical thinki...

60 yo right-handed M, getting lost, only writes on right half of paper. Left-sided hemi-neglect. Where is the lesion? - ANSWERRIGHT PARIETAL LOBE 66 yo with HTN develops vertigo, diplopia, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, L face numbness, nystagmus, hoarseness, ataxia of limbs, staggering gait, and tendency to fall to the left. Dx? - ANSWERLATERAL MEDULLARY STROKE 26 yo w/HA and R-hand clumsiness for weeks. Exam shows difficutty w/rapid alternating movements of hand, overt intention tremor on fi...

Adult neurogenesis - Answer Generation of new neurons in adulthood Excitability - Answer Neuron's responsiveness to stimuli Regenerative capacity - Answer Ability to replace or repair damaged cells Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs) - Answer Conditions with abnormal nervous system development

After birth, which part of the body grows last using the proximodistal development principal? - feet Which growth pattern explains why an infant's head at birth is one fourth the size of its body length? - cephalocaudal Describe breast feeding - babies have fewer gastrointestinal issues with breast milk than formula the creation of new nerve cells is called - neurogenesis the connection between neurons is called a - synapse who would have the most synapses? - Kara, age 3 Olivia is an i...

Information flows through neurons from ____ to ____ in the neuron - Answer-dendrite; axon _____ bring a cell to threshold while _____ bring a cell further from threshold - Answer-EPSPs; IPSPs What 3 main things is neuroplasticity capable of? - Answer-- changing the properties of neurotransmission - changes in cell properties - structural/ anatomical changes of cells How does neuroplasticity change the properties of neurotransmission? (2) - Answer-- change in transmitter size - change in ...

Cognitive neuroscience Exam with complete solutions 2024 White Matter - answerAxons, myelin, glia cells Grey matter - answerCell bodies Agonist - answerChemical that promotes activity at a receptor. Drug (acts like a neurotransmitter and can have different effects depending on channel or receptor ie excitatory/positive ion flow or inhibitory/neg ion flow) Antagonist - answerChemical that blocks activity at a receptor (I.e no ion flow) event-related potential (ERP) - answerSmall voltage f...