Neuroscience Animal Models Quiz

False (B)

rodents

<p>squid</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Macaque monkey (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>puppies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding the molecular basis of nerve impulse = Squid Understanding perceptual disorders in humans = Macaque monkey General neuroscience research = Mice and rats</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1 mV or less (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gap Junction</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cell 1 = Vm of cell 1 Cell 2 = Vm of cell 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-65 mV (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide a pathway for electrical current to flow between neurons. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemical (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>synchronize neuronal activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>gap</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemical Synapse = Predominant in mature human nervous system Electrical Synapse = Enables synchronized neuronal activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They create physical connections between neurons. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>chemical synapses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>electrical</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gap junctions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The silver was dissolved out of the cells. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Professor Timothy Teyler</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biological</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rootstown, Ohio medical school = Where the author moved to complete their PhD Woods Hole, Massachusetts Marine Biological Laboratories = Where the author learned serial-section three-dimensional electron microscopy Gordon Research Conference = Where the author met Professor Timothy Teyler Norway = Where the hippocampal slice preparation came from originally</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The automation of imaging and reconstruction processes. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding neural circuitry</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shallow folds in the postsynaptic membrane containing neurotransmitter receptors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>GABA and Amines (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structural specializations like size and a large number of active zones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ribosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>motor end-plate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neurotransmitter Synthesis = Mechanism for creating and packaging neurotransmitters into vesicles Vesicle Release = Mechanism for releasing neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft in response to a presynaptic action potential Postsynaptic Response = Mechanism for producing an electrical or biochemical response to neurotransmitter in the postsynaptic cell Neurotransmitter Removal = Mechanism for clearing neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>synthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concentrating neurotransmitters inside synaptic vesicles (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That diseases, drugs and poisons that interfere with the synapse have direct effects on bodily functions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because the process seemed too slow to be useful for sensation and movement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Golgi apparatus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rough ER = Initial synthesis of long peptide precursors Golgi Apparatus = Processing and packaging peptide neurotransmitters Axon Terminal Cytosol = Synthesis of amino acid and amine neurotransmitters Synaptic Vesicles = Storage of amino acid and amine neurotransmitters</p> Signup and view all the answers

The small number of animals used in biomedical research compared to those killed for food.

Studies involving various species to understand brain functions, including snails and monkeys.

Choice of animal species based on research questions and the level of relatedness to humans.

The connection between species based on their evolutionary history.

Mice and rats comprise over half of the animals used in neuroscience research.

The growing societal value placed on the ethical treatment of research animals.

Past scientific practices, like using unanesthetized animals, that raised ethical issues.

Today’s rigor in ensuring animals are treated humanely in research settings.

A change in membrane potential of the postsynaptic neuron due to synaptic transmission.

A type of synapse where electrical signals pass directly between neurons.

A rapid increase and subsequent decrease in the membrane potential of a neuron.

The part of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons.

The electrical potential difference across a cell's membrane.

A PSP that is too small to trigger an action potential.

The process by which neurons exchange signals.

A specialized connection that allows direct transmission of electrical current between neurons.

Synapses that use chemical signals for transmission.

The process of sending signals between neurons.

Chemicals that transmit signals across synapses.

Regular variations in the membrane potential of a neuron.

When multiple neurons fire in a coordinated manner.

The fully developed state of the nervous system in humans.

The process by which neurons make connections through synapses.

The ability of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience.

A technique involving slices of the hippocampus for studying brain processes.

A method to prepare brain slices that allows visualization of neuronal structures.

Imaging technique that provides 3D views of cellular structures, particularly synapses.

An educational program focused on the study of nervous systems and brain functions.

Extensions of neurons that receive synaptic inputs for communication between cells.

The complex network of connections between neurons in the brain.

Neurotransmitters like glutamate and glycine, derived from amino acids.

A major inhibitory neurotransmitter synthesized by neurons.

The process by which neurons create neurotransmitters using enzymes.

Tiny structures that store neurotransmitters before release into the synapse.

Proteins that concentrate neurotransmitters inside synaptic vesicles.

Neurotransmitters formed by stringing amino acids together into peptides.

Cellular structure where peptide neurotransmitters are synthesized.

Organelle that modifies and packages peptide neurotransmitters for transport.

A symmetrical inhibitory synapse usually found in the nervous system.

The synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle cell, crucial for muscle contraction.

The end of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.

Regions in the presynaptic terminal rich in proteins that release neurotransmitter vesicles.

The specialized area on the muscle cell membrane where neurotransmitters bind.

Proteins on the postsynaptic membrane that detect neurotransmitters.

The small gap between the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons where neurotransmitters travel.

The process by which neurotransmitter is released and binds to receptors to cause a response.