BIOS 286 EXAM 3- Plasticity, learning, and memory Questions and Answers 100% Pass

BIOS 286 EXAM 3- Plasticity, learning, and memory Questions and Answers 100% Pass the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activitysynaptic plasticity - Correct Answer ️️ -synaptic plasticity Plasticity is the OUTCOME of ________ and __________ changes. - Correct Answer ️️ -molecular structural What are the 2 types of synaptic plasticity? - Correct Answer ️️ -long term potentiation long term depression an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory. - Correct Answer ️️ -long term potentiation the long-lasting decrease in the strength of synaptic transmission - Correct Answer ️️ - long term depression t/f: tboth LTP and LTD represent the outcomes of cellular mechanisms employed by various neuronal networks - Correct Answer ️️ -t New neural pathways and modification of existing pathways - Correct Answer ️️ - plastic changes In the beginning plasticity was called neuronal _____________ - Correct Answer ️️ - modifability ___ is considered one of the most important forms of plasticity in the nervous system. - Correct Answer ️️ -LTP LTP is heavily studied in the ________ where Schaffer collaterals (from CA__ pyramidal neurons) synapse onto CA__ pyramidal neurons These are ________ excitatory synapses. - Correct Answer ️️ -hippocampus 3 1 glutamatergic t/f: The synaptic network of the hippocampus is well known and relatively simple. - Correct Answer ️️ -t a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage; learning am memory - Correct Answer ️️ -hippocampus the hippocampus is located in the _______ region of the ________ lobe - Correct Answer ️️ -medial temporal AGAIN: LTP is heavily studied in ____________ brain slices. SC - Schaffer collaterals - processes from CA___ _______ neurons, which synapse onto CA__ __________ - Correct Answer ️️ -hippocampal 3 pyramidal 1 neurons an area of the medial temporal cortex that is a major source of