HMB300H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cycloheximide, White Matter, Jaundice
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A new molecule emerges: ltp influences behaviour in the form of memory and learning. Insula and bla major player in disgust: strongly lined to aversely motivated tasks, area of the cortex that has been implicated in limbic integration as well as for other somatosensory information. What is it working on: zip just generally causes synapses to be weaker, significance: knocking out pkmzeta has no effect on memory. Pancreatic cancer: there are 5 symptoms of pancreatic cancer, unexpected weight loss, pain in the upper abdominal region. Jaundice: gastric outlet obstruction often associated with trousseau"s sign (hypercoagulability, steatorrhea - fatty stool, there are 5 predisposing factors of pancreatic cancer, age, smoking, diet, h. pylori, autosomal dominant mutations in brca2 and palb. Classification of pancreatic cancer: 90% of malignant pancreatic tumours consist of adenocarcinomas; displacement or abnormal proliferation in the ductal region of pancreas, the rest are classified as neuroendocrine islet cell tumours (can be benign, very poor prognosis.