OCCTH 585 – Neuro: Foundations of
Neurological Rehabilitation in Occupational
Therapy
True or False: Rehabilitation specialists are able to foster functional recovery in the nervous
system without knowledge of the biological basis of injury and repair. - correct answer ✔✔False
It is argued that a biological basis of injury and repair is essential for rehabilitation specialists to
know and understand in order to be effective healthcare providers.
In simple terms, what is neuroplasticity? - correct answer ✔✔The brain's ability to change and
adapt.
These brain-based abilities are considered to be a fundamental representation of the plasticity
of the brain. - correct answer ✔✔What are learning and memory?
Name the two types of brain plasticity. - correct answer ✔✔1 - Structural Plasticity
2 - Functional Plasticity
This term describes the capacity to do something and is an expression of behaviour after
learning. - correct answer ✔✔What is skill acquisition?
True or False: Development is a specialized example of neuroplasticity. - correct answer ✔✔True
Embryological maturation occurs at what age in men? At what age in women? - correct answer
✔✔Men - age 23-25
Women - age 20-21
,When does aging begin? What begins to occur immediately when aging begins? - correct
answer ✔✔- Aging begins when development ends
- Neuronal death
True or False: neurons want to regrow and connect. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: In order to function optimally, the brain and nervous system are required to adapt
to the impacts of injury and disease. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: The CNS is capable of growing new neurons and stemming gaps in the nervous
system - correct answer ✔✔False: The CNS is not capable of growing new neurons and
stemming gaps in the nervous system. Thus, there is a limit to recovery.
Which of the following is not strong evidence for neural plasticity?
A) Learning and memory
B) Skill acquisition
C) Development and aging
D) Injury, disease, and recovery
E) None of the above - correct answer ✔✔E) None of the above
Learning and memory, skill acquisition, development and aging, and injury, disease, and
recovery all demonstrate the capacity of the brain to engage in neuroplasticity.
This is the location in the neuron in which information is received from incoming inputs. -
correct answer ✔✔What are the dendrites?
,This is the location in the neuron in which information is integrated and the behaviour of the
cell is decided. - correct answer ✔✔What is the cell body?
This is the location in the neuron in which the action potential will be transmitted to the next
target. - correct answer ✔✔What is the axon?
Starting with the dendrite, place the following areas of the neuron in order based on how
information flows through the neuron:
A) Dendrites
B) Axon
C) Cell body - correct answer ✔✔A - C - B
What is the impact of an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) on the post-synaptic cell? -
correct answer ✔✔An EPSP brings the postsynaptic cell closer threshold and closer to
producing the next action potential.
What is the impact of an inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) on the post-synaptic cell? -
correct answer ✔✔An IPSP moves the postsynaptic cell further from threshold and, thus,
further from producing an action potential.
Place the following steps of the action potential (AP) process in order:
A) AP reaches the end of the axon, activating the synaptic bouton, which contains synaptic
vesicles which house neurotransmitters.
B) Receptor molecules open up ion channels, allowing for ions to flow through.
C) Neurotransmitters diffuse across the cleft towards the postsynaptic cell.
D) AP activates the synaptic bouton, with activates the synaptic vesicles. The synaptic vesicles
release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
E) Neurotransmitters bind to receptor molecules on the postsynaptic cells.
, F) Either an EPSP or IPSP occurs in the postsynaptic cell, as determined by what type of ion
channel opens up. - correct answer ✔✔A - D - C - E - B - F
True or False: Cells receive multiple inputs from multiple sources coming onto the cell body and
dendrites. - correct answer ✔✔True
What is the name of the location of cell input integration in the neuron? - correct answer
✔✔Axon hillock
Simply put, what is spatial summation? - correct answer ✔✔Multiple impulses from several
neurons at the same time, which will impact whether the threshold for AP is reached in a cell.
Simple put, what is temporal summation? - correct answer ✔✔Several impulses from one
neuron over a period of time, which will impact whether the threshold for AP is reached in a
cell.
True or False: When a cell meets the threshold for an action potential, the response is an all-or-
none reaction. - correct answer ✔✔True
Name the three categories of change regarding neuroplasticity. - correct answer ✔✔1) Change
in the properties of neurotransmission
2) Change in the properties of the cell
3) Change in the structure/anatomy of the cell
Which category of neuroplastic change would a change in the number of synaptic vesicles
activated during an AP be considered? - correct answer ✔✔Change in the properties of
neurotransmission.
Name an implication regarding neurotransmission if the number of synaptic vesicles activated
during an AP changes. - correct answer ✔✔If the number of synaptic vesicles activated during
Neurological Rehabilitation in Occupational
Therapy
True or False: Rehabilitation specialists are able to foster functional recovery in the nervous
system without knowledge of the biological basis of injury and repair. - correct answer ✔✔False
It is argued that a biological basis of injury and repair is essential for rehabilitation specialists to
know and understand in order to be effective healthcare providers.
In simple terms, what is neuroplasticity? - correct answer ✔✔The brain's ability to change and
adapt.
These brain-based abilities are considered to be a fundamental representation of the plasticity
of the brain. - correct answer ✔✔What are learning and memory?
Name the two types of brain plasticity. - correct answer ✔✔1 - Structural Plasticity
2 - Functional Plasticity
This term describes the capacity to do something and is an expression of behaviour after
learning. - correct answer ✔✔What is skill acquisition?
True or False: Development is a specialized example of neuroplasticity. - correct answer ✔✔True
Embryological maturation occurs at what age in men? At what age in women? - correct answer
✔✔Men - age 23-25
Women - age 20-21
,When does aging begin? What begins to occur immediately when aging begins? - correct
answer ✔✔- Aging begins when development ends
- Neuronal death
True or False: neurons want to regrow and connect. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: In order to function optimally, the brain and nervous system are required to adapt
to the impacts of injury and disease. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: The CNS is capable of growing new neurons and stemming gaps in the nervous
system - correct answer ✔✔False: The CNS is not capable of growing new neurons and
stemming gaps in the nervous system. Thus, there is a limit to recovery.
Which of the following is not strong evidence for neural plasticity?
A) Learning and memory
B) Skill acquisition
C) Development and aging
D) Injury, disease, and recovery
E) None of the above - correct answer ✔✔E) None of the above
Learning and memory, skill acquisition, development and aging, and injury, disease, and
recovery all demonstrate the capacity of the brain to engage in neuroplasticity.
This is the location in the neuron in which information is received from incoming inputs. -
correct answer ✔✔What are the dendrites?
,This is the location in the neuron in which information is integrated and the behaviour of the
cell is decided. - correct answer ✔✔What is the cell body?
This is the location in the neuron in which the action potential will be transmitted to the next
target. - correct answer ✔✔What is the axon?
Starting with the dendrite, place the following areas of the neuron in order based on how
information flows through the neuron:
A) Dendrites
B) Axon
C) Cell body - correct answer ✔✔A - C - B
What is the impact of an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) on the post-synaptic cell? -
correct answer ✔✔An EPSP brings the postsynaptic cell closer threshold and closer to
producing the next action potential.
What is the impact of an inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) on the post-synaptic cell? -
correct answer ✔✔An IPSP moves the postsynaptic cell further from threshold and, thus,
further from producing an action potential.
Place the following steps of the action potential (AP) process in order:
A) AP reaches the end of the axon, activating the synaptic bouton, which contains synaptic
vesicles which house neurotransmitters.
B) Receptor molecules open up ion channels, allowing for ions to flow through.
C) Neurotransmitters diffuse across the cleft towards the postsynaptic cell.
D) AP activates the synaptic bouton, with activates the synaptic vesicles. The synaptic vesicles
release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft.
E) Neurotransmitters bind to receptor molecules on the postsynaptic cells.
, F) Either an EPSP or IPSP occurs in the postsynaptic cell, as determined by what type of ion
channel opens up. - correct answer ✔✔A - D - C - E - B - F
True or False: Cells receive multiple inputs from multiple sources coming onto the cell body and
dendrites. - correct answer ✔✔True
What is the name of the location of cell input integration in the neuron? - correct answer
✔✔Axon hillock
Simply put, what is spatial summation? - correct answer ✔✔Multiple impulses from several
neurons at the same time, which will impact whether the threshold for AP is reached in a cell.
Simple put, what is temporal summation? - correct answer ✔✔Several impulses from one
neuron over a period of time, which will impact whether the threshold for AP is reached in a
cell.
True or False: When a cell meets the threshold for an action potential, the response is an all-or-
none reaction. - correct answer ✔✔True
Name the three categories of change regarding neuroplasticity. - correct answer ✔✔1) Change
in the properties of neurotransmission
2) Change in the properties of the cell
3) Change in the structure/anatomy of the cell
Which category of neuroplastic change would a change in the number of synaptic vesicles
activated during an AP be considered? - correct answer ✔✔Change in the properties of
neurotransmission.
Name an implication regarding neurotransmission if the number of synaptic vesicles activated
during an AP changes. - correct answer ✔✔If the number of synaptic vesicles activated during
