Neuroplasticity — Flashcards

Neuroplasticity — Flashcards

Neuroplasticity — Flashcards
#1

Chemical synapses are usually _____directional

#2

Most of the synapses used for signal transmission in the central nervous system are _____ synapses.

#3

Associative learning is linked to _____ and cerebellum

#4

Neural stimulus repeated many times until the subject becomes habituated to the stimulus and ignores it, is known as _____, and is one of the mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity and learning

#5

Production of EPSPs, occurs after a brief tetanizing train of stimuli in the presynaptic neuron, is known as _____, and is one of the mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity and learning

#6

The image shows decerebrate rigidity, in which there is _____ excitation

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#7

Clonus is due to sustained hyperactivity of _____ motor neurons.

#8

_____ are sudden, jerky eye movements that occur as the gaze shifts from one object to another, performed to bring image of an object quickly on the fovea.

#9

_____ is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter of the CNS

#10

The _____ and substantia nigra pars compacta are responsible for the synthesis of dopamine

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