Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fusiform Gyrus, Hemispatial Neglect, Aphasia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Drug efects: increase or decrease amount of transmiters. Simulates or blocks receptor sites ie) cocaine: Prevents re-uptake (so stays there for a while) ie) curare. Blocks receptor sites for acetlycholine ie) black widow venom. Simulates release of ach ie) botulism toxin. Blocks release of ach ie) nicoine (agonist) Simulates receptor molecules, duplicaing" efects of ach ie) cafeine (antagonist) Epsp and ipsp are addiive across space and ime. Graded potenial they can cancel each other out or add on to each other. Constant inhibiion efecively raises threshold (harder to hit the threshold bc it is constantly lower than -70 to start) A single neuron might synapse with many others. *refer to slideshows/notes on owl & extra notes* Gross brain anatomy: white colour due to myelin, no more cell division ater birth, old brain, pons, medulla, thalamus. Limbic system: hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, cortex, frontal lobe. Motor area: muscle movements, parietal lobe. Somatosensory area: process touch, smell, occipital lobe.