• Review for Exam 4
  • Thursday, December 17, 6:50 PM - 8:40 PM, open noon - 9:00 PM
• Frontiers in neuroscience
• Careers in neuroscience
• The Cerebral Symphony

• Descartes thought ____ about the ____
• Fluid from the cerebral ventricles was once thought to ____

• Single unit recordings have ____ spatial and ____ temporal resolution.
• EEG has____ spatial and ____ temporal resolution.
• Single unit recordings measure ____; EEG measures ____.

• Directional terms, slices
  • In the human forebrain ____ and superior overlap.
• Gross
  • The ____ means “little brain” in Latin; it’s located adjacent to _____.
  • The ____ and ____ in the midbrain release dopamine
  • The ____ controls endocrine and ANS activity.

• Gross anatomy
  • The insula is located deep inside the ____.
  • Forebrain/midbrain/hindbrain
  • ventricles/CSF, meninges, blood supply
  • Gyri/sulci
  • lobes, insula/insular cortex
  • gray/white matter

• Neurons receive most of their input on the ____ and ____.
• Gray matter is made of ____; white matter is made of ____.

• Resting potential
  • In neuron at rest, ____ inside is greater than outside; What force(s) ____ push [Na+] inward?
• Ca++ influx is involved in ____, ____, and ____.
• EPSP/IPSPs are ____ than action potentials

• Nodes of Ranvier contain lots of ____-gated channels
• The absolute refractory period occurs when voltage-gated Na+ channels ____
• Action potential phases, causes/components
• Synaptic transmission
  • EPSPs, IPSPs
• Synaptic plasticity, LTP, NMDA receptors

• ‘Big Three’ – Glu, GABA, ACh
• Neuromodulators – DA, NE, 5-HT
• Hormones
  • Oxytocin, vasopressin are released from ____.
• Can we readily measure neurotransmitter levels in the brain?

• There is a “mammalian” brain plan (True/False)

• The ____ lobe contains the amygdala
• Pleasure/reward systems, key brain areas and neurotransmitter(s)
• Fear, stress in behavior and brain
  • Acute vs. chronic stress

• Sensory fibers enter the (dorsal/ventral) spinal cord. Motor fibers exit from the (dorsal/ventral) spinal cord.
• Parietal lobe contains ____ cortex
• Photoreceptor cells release more neurotransmitter in (darkness/light)
• Can’t see reddish-green because long (“red”) and medium (“green”) cones ____

• Areas of cortex devoted to moving fingers, tongue are (large/small)
• Most retinal ganglion cells project to the ____
• Sound direction is signaled by ____
• Minty flavors taste `cool’ because…
• Topographic maps: somatosensation, audition, vision

• Perceiving what vs. where: vision, somatosensation
• Functional segregation: examples of
• Receptive fields: how size varies with perceptual sensitivity

• Long-term Potentiation (LTP) involves neuron A’s connection to neuron B ____
• NMDA receptor opens when sending cell ____ and receiving cell ____.
• Amnesia
  • ____ is impaired; ____ is spared.
• NMDA receptors and Hebbian learning
• Hippocampus size and memory demands

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• Best jobs in health care
• Careers in neuroscience from indeed.com
• B.A./B.S. vs. M.S. vs. Ph.D. vs. M.D.
• Job experience before grad school good
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• Getting an interview
  • Show initiative & impact
• During interview
  • Come prepared – why this job? why this organization?
  • Dress professionally
  • Be engaged, ask questions