Neurons and Behavior
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Neurons and BehaviorQuestions
- Is aggression learned or innate?
- What is self-efficacy?
- What is the rationale for using adoption studies and twin studies in learning about genetic influences on behavior?
- Why are twin studies used to understand genetic contributions to human behavior?
- Describe how twin and adoption studies help us differentiate herediatary and enviormental on humans?
- Do adoption studies show that the personalities of adopted children match those of their adoptive parents?
- How does adoption and twin studies influence the nature vs. nurture debate?
- How do twin and adoption studies help us differentiate between the influences of nature and nurture?
- What is the differences between nicotinic and muscarinic receptor?
- What is acetylcholine classified as?
- What is the importance of acetylcholinesterase?
- How can acetylcholine induce hyperpolarization?
- Can excess Acetylcholine cause depression?
- Does the Parasympathetic nervous system secrete norepinephrine?
- What is the role of potassium in muscle contraction?
- What is the difference between Autonomic nervous system, Central nervous system Somatic nervous system?
- What are the main structures of the Central Nervous System?
- What are neurons that carry nerve impulses toward the central nervous system called?
- What is a Central Nervous System-active drug?
- When does the fetus develop a functional nervous system?
- How do taste aversions develop?
- Explain how biological preparedness can be applied to taste aversions and phobias?
- Can food aversions be related to OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) ?
- How could a taste aversion be biologically advantageous?
- What part of the brain deals with smell and taste?
- What is the role of a synapse?
- What is a chemical synapse?
- How do impulses travel across a synapse?
- What is the most common type of synapse?
- What is an “en passant” synapse, and how does it differ from a neural synapse?
- Describe what happens at the synapse of two neurons?
- How often does a synapse fire in a day on average?
- Describe the basic structure of a neuron, including the axon, dendrites, and synapse?
- What are differences and similarities between a synapse and a neuromuscular junction?
- Explain what an action potential is, and describe how it moves down the axon and across the synapse?
- Asynapse is the space between what?
- How does caffeine affect your synapse?
- In a neural pathway, a synapse is what?
- How many brain cells and synapses does human brain have?
- Do children and adults have the same number of nueral synapses?
- What is different about the neuromuscular junction compared to central synapses?
- What is the role of acetylcholinesterase at a synapse?
- Why can nerve impulses travel only in one direction?
- Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of having synapses between neurons?
- What happens in both the presynaptic and potsynapse?
- In the human nervous system where are synapses located directly between?
- Describe the communication process that occurs between neurons?
- What is the difference between the Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system?
- What does threshold mean?
- What is absolute threshold?
- What distinguishes between absolute and difference thresholds?
- How does the presynaptic axon respond to the action potential?
- How does action potential occur?
- Can someone list an animal with an adaptation that helps it survive?
- What is an example of a reproductive adaptation?
- What is the difference between ANS, CNS, and SNS?
- What does the automatic nervous system do?
- Does the autonomic nervous system have relations with both the Central and Peripheral nervous systems?
- Amines that are neurotransmitters and hormones can be derived from amino acids. Dopamine and serotonin are 2 such neurotransmitters. Which amino acids do they come from?
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