Superchiasmatic nucleus - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

For an on-center ganglion cell, what causes it to maximally fire? - ️️light in the center and darkness in the surround superchiasmatic nucleus - ️️part of the hypothalamus, which regulates circadian rhythms - some axons from the retina go here explain the retinotopic/visuotopic map of the primary visual cortex - ️️the macula takes up a disproportionally large space in the cortex, compared to the peripheral field What is the spontaneous level of activity or baseline for a gangli...

What is the SWS activity in the generated by? The basal forebrain Neurons in basal forebrain become active at onset of sleep and release what? GABA receptors are also stimulated by what? GABA, which suppresses activity in nearby tuberomammillary nucleus. General anesthetics What is the reticular formation's part in sleep? What happens when electrically stimulated and what happens when lesion? It activates the cortex and electrical stimulation of this area will wake animals up, while lesions p...

Tractography - answer-- 3D modelling technique used to visually represent nerve tracts using data collection by diffusion by MRI Spatiotemporal Structure - answer-- the interactions between brain areas that are mediated by myelinated fibres - distinct neural regions Sensation - answer-- the registration of physical stimulus from the environment by the sensory organs - cellular functions Perception - answer-- the interpretations of sensations by the brain Sensation/Perception - ans...

PNB 2XB3 - Central Vision Practice Questions and Answers | 100% Pass For an on-center ganglion cell, what causes it to maximally fire? - Answer-light in the center and darkness in the surround What is the spontaneous level of activity or baseline for a ganglion cell? - Answer- when the entire field is in the dark color opponency - Answer-the center and surround cones can be of different types (red,green,blue...) fixating the eyes on an object - Answer-turning the eyes so that the image f...

Roger Sperry - ANSWER-studied split brain patients; showed that left/right hemispheres have different functions. Michael Gazzaniga - ANSWER-1939-present; Field: cognition (neuroscience); Studied of the neural basis of mind with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another. Paul Broca - ANSWER-...

This is a combination of the Professor's lecture notes and my own notes from the textbook. It covers everything we went over in class that has to do with Consciousness and includes questions and answers from the textbook's end-of-chapter quiz.