COGS 17 - Midterm 3

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What is the Reticular Formation?
A net-like structure from Medulla & Pons throughout Forebrain; receives from all sensory systems.
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What does the Reticular Formation do?
Alerts brain, stimulating Thalamus and Basal Forebrain via ACh and Glutamate.
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What is the Locus Coeruleus?
Part of Reticular Formation in Pons, especially active during new task & during vigilance.
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What does the Locus Coeruleus release?
Bursts of Norepinepherine (NE).
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What do Amphetamines do?
Increase alertness and activity by acting as NE-agonists.
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What is the Basal Forebrain?
Just anterior and dorsal to Hypothalamus, releases ACh throughout cortex for arousal & GABA to inhibit cortex.
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What is the implication of damage to Basal Forebrain?
It is implicated in Alzheimer's Disease; arousal is critical to memory activation.
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What is Adenosine?
A by-product of cell metabolism, builds up throughout the day, released in the brain, inhibits Basal Forebrain's release of ACh.
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What does Adenosine allow?
GABA connections to dominate, suppressing cortical activity, promoting sleep.
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What is the effect of caffeine on Adenosine receptors?
It blocks Adenosine receptors, allowing Basal Forebrain to continue to arouse the brain.
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What is Orexin?
An excitatory NT from Lateral Hypothalamus that helps maintain arousal in above systems.
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What does Orexin take into consideration?
Homeostatic conditions (hunger, thirst, temperature, sleep needs etc.).
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What is an Electro-Encephalogram (EEG)?
Used to characterize brain activity during different states of wakefulness/sleep
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What does EEG record?
Frequency (\# changes in average potential/time) & Voltage (average amplitude)
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What is Beta Activity?
18-24 Hz, very high frequency, very desynchronized, awake and active
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What is Alpha Activity?
8-12 Hz, somewhat lower frequency, somewhat desynchronized, awake and relaxed
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What is Theta Activity?
4-7 Hz, lower freq, still quite irregular, significantly more synchronized, Sleep 1
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What are Spindles and K Complexes?
Intermittent bursts of high freq and/or voltage, as brain settles into deeper sleep. K Complex \= Brief period of Delta activity. Spindles \= Help gate external stimuli from reaching cortex
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What is Delta Activity?
< 4 Hz observed in less than 50% of this stage, very low freq, higher voltage, very synchronized, Sleep 3 and 4
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What is Slow Wave Sleep (SWS)?
Stages 3 and 4, Delta Activity in more than 50% of this stage, hardest to wake
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What happens to frequency and voltage as we move into deeper sleep?
Frequency decreases and voltage increases as brain activity becomes synchronized
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What happens to heart rate and breathing rate as we move into deeper sleep?
They decrease
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What happens to brain responsiveness to external stimuli as we move into deeper sleep?
It decreases
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What is REM sleep?
Rapid Eye Movement sleep, characterized by desynchronized EEG, atonia, and dreaming.
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What is atonia?
Loss of muscle tone throughout most of the body during REM sleep.
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What inhibits motor neurons during REM sleep?
The medulla, which is signaled by the pons.
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What happens to external stimuli during REM sleep?
They are detected and may be incorporated into dreams.
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What is the sleep cycle?
90 minutes from Stage 1 to REM: Stage 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, REM, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, REM, 2, 3, 2, REM, 2, REM...
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What happens to Stage 4 and Stage 3 as the night goes on?
Stage 4 becomes shorter and drops out after 2-3 cycles, then Stage 3 drops out.
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What happens to REM as the night goes on?
It becomes longer.
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What are the effects of sleep deprivation?
Lethargy, poor concentration, irritability, increased temperature, metabolism, and appetite, decreased resistance to infection.
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What is REM rebound?
When allowed to sleep after REM deprivation, there is an increase in the amount and duration of REM sleep.
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What happens when someone is continuously deprived of REM sleep?
They may become irritable, have poor concentration, anxiety, psychosis, hallucinations, and even death.
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What is the function of sleep and dreaming?
Controversial.
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What is the EEG like during REM sleep?
Desynchronized, high frequency, low voltage.
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What happens to heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure during REM sleep?
They become more variable than in other sleep stages.
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What happens to postural muscles during REM sleep?
They become paralyzed.
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What is the relationship between REM sleep and dreaming?
Highly correlated, but not 100%.
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What is an example of dream imagery in another sleep stage?
Night terrors, which occur during Stage 4.
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What areas of the cortex are often active during REM sleep?
Higher sensory areas.
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What is the role of the tegmentum during REM sleep?
Activation of cranial nerves for rapid eye movement.
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Why is sleep restorative?
Not clear
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Why can some species sleep less than others?
Unclear, but prey sleep less than predators
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What is the role of the Hypothalamus nuclei in sleep?
Initiating & regulating sleep
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What is the function of VLPOA in sleep?
Inhibits Brainstem and Cortex via GABA
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What does the Tubero-Mammillary Body of Hypothalamus release?
Excitatory Histamine 1 after periods of Slow Wave Sleep
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What is PGO Wave?
Sequence of activation in Pons \=\> (Lateral) Geniculate \=\> Occipital Cortex - initiates REM
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What is the role of ACh in sleep?
Initiates PGO Wave and arouses visual (& other sensory/motor) pathways
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What is the function of Raphe Nuclei in sleep?
Decreasing Serotonin (5HT) output \> sleepiness, irritability if not sleep
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What is the role of 5HT in sleep?
Produces sudden, strong burst of 5HT, shuts REM off
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What is the function of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) of Hypothalamus?
Circadian Clock
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What is the free-running rhythm in humans?
Activity/rest of ~ 24 +/-1 hours
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What is the interaction between SCN & Pineal Gland?
Regulates sleep and arousal systems
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What is the effect of damage to Raphe Nuclei?
No sleep
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What is the effect of Basal Forebrain arousal/de-arousal?
Enters thru anterior cortex
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What is the effect of ACh during REM?
Arouses (desynchronizes) visual (& other sensory/motor) pathways
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What is the effect of 5HT during sleep?
Very low during sleep, none during REM
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What is the effect of 5HT after REM?
Gradually falls, shifting system back into Slow Wave sleep
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What is the effect of ACh before and after REM?
Builds up just before REM, holds steady during, then drops off radically as REM ends
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What is the effect of the Pre-Optic Hypothalamus's assessment of fall in brain temperature?
Possibly initiates PGO Wave
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What is the effect of the interaction of different types & sources of neural activity?
Controls stages of sleep
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What is the effect of SCN in humans?
Establishes free-running rhythm of activity/rest of ~ 24 +/-1 hours
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What is the effect of replacing SCN in adult hamster with fetal SCN cells from 20-hour-cycle strain?
Hamster will adopt 20 hour cycle
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What are the functions of the Hypothalamus?
Releases hormones into bloodstream & projects to other Hypothalamic Nuclei, Brainstem, Pituitary glands
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How is the cycle regulated?
Through projections to and from Pineal Gland
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Where is the Pineal Gland located?
Just superior to midbrain, posterior to Thalamus
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What is the daily cycle of production of hormone Melatonin?
Shows daily cycle of production of hormone Melatonin which increases sleepiness
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What is the role of Melatonin in regulating the cycle?
SCN has receptor sites for Melatonin, so when Pineal increases Melatonin output at end of day, helps regulate cycle
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How can Melatonin be used as a sleep aid?
Melatonin can be taken as sleep aid a few hours before bed, helps reset clock (e.g. anti-Jet Lag)
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What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
Less light in winter, some people over-produce Melatonin; Light therapy can help
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What is the role of Retino-Hypothalmic Path in regulating the cycle?
First light of day to SCN via Retino-Hypothalmic Path produces inhibitory output to Pineal
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What is Zeitgeber?
Together, above interaction becomes your Zeitgeber \= "Time Giver"
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How can the clock be reset?
Possible to reset clock, via exposure to bright light, strenuous exercise, seasonal or travel-based changes etc.
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What are the receptors in Retina that react to light?
Receptors in Retina (not Rods or Cones but specialized Ganglions!) w/photopigment Melanopsin react to light
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Where do the axons of these receptors synapse?
These Receptor's axons synapse in SCN (not in retina or thalamus!) via collateral of Optic Nerve
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What is Retino-Hypothalamic-Path?
Retino-Hypothalamic-Path
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
Controls endocrine systems via pituitary gland
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What are releasing hormones?
Hormones that stimulate the anterior pituitary gland to release its own hormones
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What are the other hormones produced by the hypothalamus?
Oxytocin and other hormones sent via axons to posterior pituitary
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What are the organizing effects of reproductive hormones?
Effects on anatomy in fetal development and puberty
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What are the activating effects of reproductive hormones?
Influence behavior
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Do both sexes have female and male hormones?
Yes, in different proportions
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Where are steroid hormones produced?
Mainly in ovaries/testes, also in hypothalamus and adrenal glands
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What determines gender?
Hormone activity, not just sex chromosomes
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What are the anatomical precursors for both sexes in every mammalian fetus?
Gonads
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What is the earliest sex structure to develop?
Gonads
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What are the same initial structures in all fetuses that develop into male or female anatomy?
Genitalia
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What are Wolffian and Muellerian ducts?
Internal sex organs precursors
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What determines the development of Wolffian and Muellerian ducts?
Androgens
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What do Wolffian ducts and Muellerian ducts become?
Vas Defrens & Prostate or Fallopian Tubes & Uterus respectively
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What happens to the other duct system that is not developed?
It degenerates
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What genes control male/female body & brain development?
Present in both sexes
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What is the 'switch' that determines male/female development?
Male's Y Chromosome
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What is the enzyme produced by the Testis-Determining Factor (TDF) Enzyme?
TDF
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When does TDF appear during fetal development?
6th-8th week
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When are genitals developed?
By 4th month
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What happens if TDF is not present?
Ovaries differentiate, Mullerian system develops, Wolffian regresses, female genitalia develop regardless of genotype
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What happens if the fetus is XY but lacks the specific gene for TDF?
It will develop internally & externally as female
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What happens if the fetus is XO (Turner's Syndrome, no Y Chromosome)?
It will develop internally & externally as female
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What is the result of both non-XX fetuses?
Infertile