Behavioural Neurosciences

A summary of all the lectures from Behavioural Neurosciences

This summary contains all the material for the MC exam of behavioral neuroscience. The exam is a lot about the lectures, so all the important information together with important pictures is put in this document. Together with a nice lay-out :)

Notities gemaakt tijdens de colleges van het vak behavioral neuroscience; alle lessen staan hier in.

This summary contains all the information from the lectures, I had a 7 last year.

Learning objectives - location of place and grid cells - function and features of place and grid cells (see last slide) - one place cell gets input from circa 100 grid cells - the meaning of a “cognitive map” - aging in relation to place cells - 3D place fields and place cells - functional link between place and grid cells - the hexagonal shape (EUREKA moment) - size of modules of grid cells - episodic memory and place cells - link between grid and place cells and Alzheimer’s ...

Learning objectives - misconceptions - 4 brain lobes + gyrus, sulcus, fissure - phrenology (what is it) - ventricular system - brain scanning methods - terminology anatomy - white matter / grey matter + general structure neurons - different types of brain cells + function - how CSF flows through the brain - neurophilosophy (what is it) - Nissl and Golgi stainings (what is the difference) - How to optimize your L&M performance (4 tips)

Learning objectives - Why knowledge of signal transduction is important - principles of the resting membrane potential - principles of action potentials - action potentials in aged neurons - mode of action of lidocaine and cocaine - gap junctions: shape and function - the chemical synapse - classic neurotransmitters and neuropeptides - transmitter release mechanism - the neuromuscular synapse - freeze-etching method and transmitter release mechanism - role of clathrine - classific...

Learning objectives - Reproduce the impact of the medial temporal lobe lesion in patient H.M. on various cognitive aspects (i.e. What forms of learning were affected and which were unaffected? - Reproduce how the delayed-nonmatching to sample task works and what brain regions it requires. - Reproduce the difference between declarative and nondeclarative memories (e.g. explicit and implicit memories) - Reproduce what priming is used for in terms of assessing memory aspects - Reproduce what t...

Learning objectives - What is known about sex and the brain? - Neural machinery that makes reproduction possible - How different are the brains of the two sexes - Is by genetics, brain or behaviour - Anatomy & physiology of the nervous system - Activations and organisational effects of steroid hormone