ECOL 182R Study Guide - Temporal Lobe, Autobiographical Memory, Parahippocampal Gyrus

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Course: ECOL 182R
• Professor: archowitz

Document Summary

Plasticity the ability of neurons and the brain to change in response to experience. Long-term neural plasticity changes in the structure of neurons as a result of experience. Immediate neural plasticity changes in neuronal function as a result of experience. Cell assemblies networks of cells firing together. Long-term potentiation (ltp) the process by which cell assemblies, or networks of neurons, become more responsive following synchronized firing that is consistent over time. According to hebb, restimulating any neuron in the network will increase the firing rate of the whole network. Habituation paradigm a method used to study the immediate changes that occur in neuronal function as a result of experience. Immediate changes are mediated through a decrease in release of a neurotransmitter. In other words, there is a decrease in responding to repetitive stimulation. Sensitization paradigm a method used to study the immediate changes that occur in neuronal function as a result of experience.