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 Study Questions II: Remember that you should choose the best answer.

8. What methods are used to determine circuitry

Recording changes in electrical potential
Lesioning of structures in a suspected circuit
Direct stimulation of structures thought to be involved in the process of learning
All of the above
None of the above

9. Which of the following is a correct statement about pathways we have discussed.

mossy fibers - connections between pons and the cerebellum
climbing fibers - connections between inferior olive cells and Purkinje cells in the cerebellum
Perforant path - connections between entorhinal cells and subicular cells
mammillothalamic tract - connection between the mammillary bodies and lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
all of the above are true
two of the above are true
none of the above are true

10. Which of the following theories most closely resembles the one that Morris Moscovitch uses to explain the phenomenon of primary confabulation?

Confabulation arises as a result of faulty strategic retrieval mechanism
Confabulation occurs because of a disruption in the patient's sense of chronology in relation to remembered events.
Confabulation arises as a result of amnesia related memory loss.
Confabulation arises because patients wish to compensate for lapses in memory.
Confabulation arises as a result of deficits in he associate/cue dependent retrieval process.

11. The major neurotransmitter released by interneurons is ________________.

Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
glutamate
ampa/NMDA
protein phosphatase 2B
serotonin
none of the above

12. Lesioning which of the following would eliminate the conditioned response of the nictitating membrane reflex?

ventral cochlear nucleus
pontine nucleus
interpositus nucleus
striatum
inferior olivary nucleus
all of the above
None of the above

13. Researchers measure the extent of, or note the existence of plasticity (change in the nervous system) by observing

A. behavior
B. anatomy
C. electrophysiological responses
D. chemical constitution
E. all of the above
F. none of the above

14. After stimulating parallel fibers and climbing fibers simultaneously at 1-4 Hz for 4-5 minutes.

A. the EPSP elicited from the parallel fibers will be increased while that evoked by stimulation of the climbing fibers will decrease.
B. the EPSP elicited from the parallel fibers will not change while that evoked by stimulation of the climbing fibers will decrease.
C. the EPSP elicited from the parallel fibers will be decreased while that evoked by stimulation of the climbing fibers will not change.
D. the EPSP elicited from the parallel fibers will be decreased while that evoked by stimulation of the climbing fibers will decrease.
E. the EPSP elicited from the parallel fibers will be increased while that evoked by stimulation of the climbing fibers will increase.


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