Neurophysiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: Long-term _____ is classically seen in the cerebellum

Answer: depression

Flashcard 42: Bilateral lesions of the _____ result in anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to create new memories

Answer: hippocampus

Flashcard 43: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation acts by inhibition at the _____synaptic level in the dorsal horn

Answer: pre

Flashcard 44: The anterior spinothalamic tract carries information for _____ and pressure

Answer: crude (non-discriminative) touch

Flashcard 45: Dopamine inhibits the _____ basal ganglia pathway through D2 receptors

Answer: indirect

Flashcard 46: _____ binding to the NMDA receptor is essential for the receptor to respond to glutamate

Answer: Glycine

Flashcard 47: Medial motor pathways:_____ reticular nuclei transmit excitatory signals to the axial muscles of the vertebral column and extensor muscles of limbs by way of the pontine reticulospinal tract, located in the anterior column of the cord.

Answer: Pontine

Flashcard 48: One control center for horizontal gaze is located in the _____, which is responsible for contra-lateral gaze

Answer: frontal eye field

Flashcard 49: _____ fibres from the pontine nuclei use glutamate as their neurotransmitter

Answer: Mossy

Flashcard 50: The _____ neurons in the pontine reticular formation, on stimulation, induce REM sleep.

Answer: cholinergic

Extra: Cholinergic neurons in the pontine reticular formation (e.g., Pedunculopontine and Laterodorsal tegmental nuclei) are responsible for the induction of REM sleep.