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| interconnected neurons (no brain, ganglia, or cephalization) |
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| what kinds of organisms have a nerve net? |
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| those with radial symmetry (cnidaria, ctenophora) |
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| how are neurons placed in nerve net? (close together, far apart) |
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| detect food/chemicals in a rudimentary way, help animal move through environment |
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| determine source of stimulus input (produce same motor output throughout entire body when any part is "touched") |
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| flatworms (planaria) have what kind of symmetry? |
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| worm like animals: nerve cords |
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| dual nerve cords running along entire body, cords connected by transverse nerves |
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| worm like animals: simple brain |
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| worm like animals: sensory info |
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| obtained through photoreceptors on eyespots, other sensory organs detect chemical info |
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| can display distinct behavioral responses based on type of signals |
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| C. elegans: nervous system structure and making |
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| simple, 302 neurons, 7,000 synapses |
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| each one different in every organism |
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| genes that control programmed cell death (apoptosis) first found in C. elegans |
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| organisms with centralized nervous systems |
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| arthropod: nervous system structure |
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| several large paired ganglia in head region |
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| arthropod: mushroom bodies - what organism? |
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| arthropod: mushroom bodies - function |
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| leaning and memory (smell), coincidence detector (associate two things) |
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| vertebrates who only have simple cognition... |
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| have smaller forebrain, bigger hindbrain |
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| vertebrates who have high cognition... |
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| basic vertebrate nervous system: forebrain |
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| telencephalon (like amygdala/hippocampus), diencephalon (like thalamus/hypothalamus) |
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| basic vertebrate nervous system: midbrain |
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| tectum (sensorimotor processing/spatial orientation), cerebellum |
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| basic vertebrate nervous system: hindbrain |
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| main parts of basic vertebrate nervous system |
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| forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord |
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- older cortex in birds/reptiles/some parts of mammalian brains (puriform cortex)
- only has 3 layers |
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- 6 layered
- only in mammal brains
- takes up 90% of human cerebral cortex |
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| same origin (embryonic/phylogenetic) |
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- same function, different origin
- example of convergent evolution |
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| homologous cortical regions: prelimbic cortex in rodents is functionally homologous to... |
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| dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (broadmann area 25) |
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| homologous cortical regions: prelimbic cortex/dorsal anterior cingulate cortex - function |
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| role in cognitive processes |
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| homologous cortical regions: infralimbic cortex in rodents is functionally homologous to... |
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| orbitomedial prefrontal cortex (broadmann area 25) |
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| homologous cortical regions: infralimbic cortex/orbitomedial prefrontal cortex - function |
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| viseral/autonomic functions (changes in blood pressure, changes in respiration, heart rate change, digestion change) |
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| sensory organ convergence - function |
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| angular acceleration - organs |
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| semi-circular canal systems of human and crab |
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| specialized areas in humans |
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| wernicke's and broca's areas |
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| specialized area in rodents |
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| where are whisker barrels found? |
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| somatosensory cortex of rodents |
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| information flow of barrel cortex |
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1. whiskers send sensory info to primary somatosensory cortex (S1) via brainstem/thalamus
2. barrel cortex signals to motor cortex (M1)
3. whisker movements are regulated by the M1 signals |
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| each whisker is connected to a part of the barrel cortex |
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