PS263 Study Guide - Final Guide: Basal Ganglia, Visual Cortex, Prefrontal Cortex
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Q: what would happen to the sleep-wake schedule of someone who took a drug that blocked gaba. Q: someone who has just awakened sometimes speaks in a loose, unconnected, illogical way. Pgo waves high aptitude electrical potentials associated with rem sleep waves of neural activity are first detected in the pons, shortly afterward in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus, and then in the occipital cortex. Different brain areas don"t wake up at once- parts of the brain may still be in a rem-like sleep. Sleep disorders as a result of phase delay. 4. attacks of sleepiness during the day occasional cataplexy (muscle weakness) - often triggered by strong emotions sleep paralysis: inability to move while falling asleep or waking up hypnagogic hallucinations: dreamlike experiences. Q: what is the relationship between orexin and narcolepsy? orexin is important for staying awake people lacking either orexin or the receptors for orexin develop narcolepsy.
