PSB-2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Preoptic Area, Precocious Puberty
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Sleep study questions: we discussed 3 possible functions of sleep in general; know those. 2)repair and restoration; growth hormone secreted, wound healing increased. 3) learning & memory consolidation: all of these may be true, sleep is useful for conserving energy while an animal is inactive, body temperature drops and metabolism slows down, the brain is inactive and uses less energy. It is accompanied by rapid back and forth eye movements: show electroencephalogram (eeg) waves; nrem=nonrem. How might these be related: monoamine neurotransmitters are depleted. (which are these?, they are essential for wakefulness, mood, and attention, 5ht = serotonin, da = dopamine, ne = norepinephrine, his = histamine. Deprivation results in poor reaction time, memory loss, mood imbalance, and hallucinations. Generally, the graph known as an audiogram is charted with frequency levels (hz) on the x-axis and the decibel levels (db) on the y-axis: however, normal human hearing can occur with sounds outside of the speech banana.
