PSYO 2470 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lamina Terminalis, Solitary Tract, Dopamine Transporter
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Physiological and behavioral things we do to deal with satiety. Decreased secretion of tsh and acth from the pituitary gland. A peptide highly concentrated in the stomach that is released into the bloodstream when the stomach is empty. Dopamine-depleted animals appear to lack the motivation to seek food even though they seem to enjoy it when it is available. * came from slide: testing dopamine and wanting. One study by pecina et al. , (2003), described in class, used a dopamine transporter (dat) knockdown transgenic mouse model to examine the role of dopamine in feeding behaviour. Compared to controls, the dat knockdown mice had ____ levels of dopamine which resulted in ____. Fewer hedonic reactions to a sweet sugar solution. Excite magnocellular neurosecretory cells that secrete vasopressin and stimulate osmometric thirst. Briefly describe one difference and one similarity between eeg and meg. An eeg during rem is very similar to an eeg when awake.