PSYCH 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sleep Deprivation, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Nucleus Accumbens
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Null insulin - using or storing glucose----- converting glucose into fat or glycogen. Glycogen - taking stored converting to usable - glucose. Know what happens during lesion vs stimulating lh vmh. Can explain why dieters tend to regain lost weight once they go off diets. Diet fig 12. 13 - reaching a new settling point zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Circadian theory of sleep predicts sleep evolved for saving energy (in general - vigorous workouts would not impact) & protection. Recuperation theory predicts you will sleep more after long day of work - restoring. Delta waves, bedwetting, sleep walking - 4 (waves more synchonized) Awake - beta waves (waves ascynchronized b/c diff cells are firing all over they place) initial stage one: emergent stage one: rem (eeg: alpha waves) ***retionhypothalamic tract assoc w/ suprachiasmatic nucleus (internal clock) & circadian rhythms. Melatonin afternoon - wake up earlier - (eastbound) Melatonin morning - wake up later - (westbound)