01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neuroplasticity, Signal Transduction, Reductionism
24 Dec 2015
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Office hours: 30 mins after thursday class and wednesday by appointments: keating@biology. rutgers. edu. Fig 49. 20a: multiple synapses active can strengthen response at all synapses figure 49. 20b autism hypothesis- disruption of activity- dependent remodeling at synapses, in early childhood, leads to inability to communicate and socialize. Use of memory in order to increase likelihood of negative outcome: goals of workshop; activities founded in neuroscience/cognitive psychology, improve ability to form memories, use memories to learn (ltp) and problem solve. Transfer from stm to ltm (encoding) forms a sustained memory which is strengthened by association with already retained memories. Meaningful associations that aid in memory formation (e. g. learning a card game is facilitated if other card games are already known) Chunking learning sets of related information rather than just one at a time. Insulin & glucagon hormones and endocrinology. Organ function: pancreas, kidneys and nervous system. Genetics (type 1 early onset=variants in hla-dr alleles and autoimmunity)
