PIN Olympiad Review

What class of receptors don’t contain ion channels?

True or False? Alcohol acts on neurotransmitter systems in the brain to promote excitation of neural activity.

What area is the most highly developed part of the brain in humans?

The influx of which molecule into the neuronal axon causes depolarization of the membrane?

What are the myelinating glial cells of the CNS?

What type of memory keeps track of personal memories?

True or False? Action potentials reflect the intensity of the stimulus by changing their magnitude.

What are the two main inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain?

Which of the following symptoms best describes what patients with Schizophrenia experience?

A patient with a damaged optic chiasm will only be able to see out of their…

Low levels of dopamine are associated with which condition:

Antidepressants work to block the production and action of what hormone?

What is the disease multiple sclerosis characterized by?

What does depolarization mean in the context of membrane potential?

What does the homunculus diagram show?

What part of the brain helps coordinate skillful, smooth movements, including those associated with balance and posture?

How does alcohol affect the neuronal network?

Which drug normally responds to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, stimulating alerting mechanisms in the brain?

Which structural part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons?

What are the three Rs of neuroethics in animal experiments?

What is the name of the electrical signals transmitted down the axon of a neuron?

What role do glial cells play in the nervous system?

Hodgkin and Huxley won the Nobel Prize for discovering nerve impulses using neurons from which animal?

What is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain?

What is the name of the sensory receptor that detects pain?

Place cells are neurons that fire action potentials when an organism is in a familiar place. Where are they found?

Which area of the brain is responsible for initiating movement?

What is the difference between receptors on the dendritic membrane and the axonal membrane?

What are the most abundant photoreceptors?

In the event that there are pathogens in the body, what type of cells will respond accordingly to the foreign body?

Which group of cells in the hypothalamus act like the brain’s personal clock and control circadian rhythm?

How much of the total energy of the brain is used to generate action potentials?

What type of receptors are responsible for touch?

What metaphor did Descartes use to explain how the brain worked?

What is NOT one reason that researchers have suggested why we sleep?

What holds information in your mind for a brief period of time?

What disorder presents symptoms like numbness and poor balance that last for a few weeks before returning to normal

Amyloid plaques and fibrillary tangles are identifiers of what neurological disease?