Discuss the role of the NMDA receptor in LTP.
What will be an ideal response?
NMDA receptors are found in the hippocampus, are activated by glutamate and depolarization, and control a calcium channel in the postsynaptic dendrite. Blockade of NMDA receptors, using AP5, blocks the formation of LTP.
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The concept of the fearlessness hypothesis of antisocial personality disorder is that individuals with this disorder a. learn to avoid punishment
b. have an underactive cortex. c. under-react to the threat of punishment. d. have brain damage that inhibits their ability to understand the implications of their actions.
______________ are situations in which it is difficult for an individual to decide, either because the right course of action is unclear or it carries some negative consequences.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Explain the types of behaviors that you would expect to see in a person who had each of the following patterns of steroids/peptides: low vasopressin and high testosterone, high vasopressin and high testosterone, high oxytocin and high testosterone, high oxytocin and low testosterone.
What will be an ideal response?
According to place theory,
A. the peak of a wave in the basilar membrane correlates with a sound's frequency. B. patterns of neural firing match the frequency of a sound. C. neurons responding to one frequency are located near neurons responding to similar frequencies. D. sounds with frequencies below 4,000 Hz are processed by parts of the basilar membrane different from those that process sounds above 4,000 Hz.