PSY 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Degenerative Disease, Motor Coordination, Benzodiazepine

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 312
• Professor: beckmann

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Psy 312 lecture 21 neurological disorders: degeneration and regeneration, neurological disorders, common causes, tumor growth can disrupt neural connections in the brain, toxic chemicals can destroy neurons (neurotoxins, acquired injuries can produce neural damage, head injuries. Stroke (anoxia: genetic-based degenerative disease can destroy neurons. Sudden, intense neural firing: can involve motor neurons to produce convulsions, many types varying in intensity, causes. Scarring produces new "incorrect" connections that reduce functioning inhibitory nt: withdrawal from chronic sedative use (alcohol, etc. , compensatory hyper excitability, can be fatal. Increase gaba (major inhibitory nt: treatments, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines (e. g. , valium) Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas: alcohol use during pregnancy can produce fetal alcohol syndrome, mental retardation, poor motor coordination. 30 per 1000 in alcoholic women: compared with 2 per 1000 in normal population, degenerative disorders, parkinson"s disease, degeneration of da neurons in nigrostriatal system. Slowness (substantia nigra and basal ganglia) part of the limbic system.