CSD 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cranial Nerves, Pseudoword, Agrammatism

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Communication Sci & Disorders
• Course: CSD 212
• Professor: Dr.Kennedy

Document Summary

In the cns, directly connect motor and sensory neurons. Understand how messages are transmitted within and between neurons. Impulses are transmitted both electronically and chemically: messages are sent via the synapses. Neurons never attach, the signals are sent by the tiny space between them called synapse: postsynaptic terminals have special receptor proteins which bond to neurotransmitters. Know basic functions of neurotransmitters: neurotransmitters- chemical signals that pass between neurons at the synapse. Identify critical periods for development and injury: critical period for brain development begins to close around age of 5. What is responsible for the failure of brains to develop in cases of neglect: childre(cid:374)"s (cid:271)rai(cid:374)s (cid:272)a(cid:374) fail to gro(cid:449) as s(cid:455)(cid:374)apti(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s are either (cid:374)ot (cid:373)ade or are (cid:374)ot used often. Plasticity brain sizes relative to the size of adults for newborns, 3 and 4 year olds: 80% of adult size at age 3, 90% of adult size by age 5.