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How are NMDA receptors blocked? -:- Mg2+ block them UNLESS THE MEMBRANE IS DEPOLARIZED (which then causes Mg2+ to pop out of its binding site to the receptor) What ions are NMDA receptors permeable to? -:- Ca2+, Na+, K+ What is synaptic/neural plasticity? -:- Long-lasting changes to the b...

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BIPN 152- Lecture 5 Synaptic Plasticity,
Learning and Memory Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
How are NMDA receptors blocked?


✓ -:- Mg2+ block them UNLESS THE MEMBRANE IS DEPOLARIZED

(which then causes Mg2+ to pop out of its binding site to the receptor)




What ions are NMDA receptors permeable to?


✓ -:- Ca2+, Na+, K+




What is synaptic/neural plasticity?


✓ -:- Long-lasting changes to the brain throughout an individual's life




What does neural plasticity account for?


✓ -:- Learning and memory, cortical remapping after brain damage, changes

in behavior/emotions/abilities throughout life




How does neural plasticity result?




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✓ -:- From interactions between genes and the environment (i.e. NATURE

VS. NURTURE)




What are the key features that a learning mechanism must exhibit?


✓ -:- 1. The memory system must be LONG -LASTING/ENDURING

2. The memory must be ELICITED BY BRIEF EVENTS


3. There must be SYNAPSE SPECIFICITY in the neurons that are involved in

storing/processing information


4. There must be ASSOCIATIVITY (i.e. the systems must be able to associate two or more

different events)




What are the two types of learning memory?


✓ -:- Declarative memory, procedural memory




What is declarative memory?


✓ -:- Memory for facts/events




What is procedural memory?


✓ -:- Memory for skills, habits, motor responses

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