Neuroscience Review

1.

1 point

A condition following bilateral temporal lobotomy, in which the patient displays excessive tameness and placidity, is known as:

Urbach-Wiethe Syndrome

Phineas-Gage Syndrome

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Ridout Quiet Biting Attack

2.

1 point

Which of the following do NOT characterize Phineas-Gage Syndrome

Reduced Empathy

Autoeroticism

Lack of Drive

Flat Affect

Impulsiveness

Two of the above

3.

1 point

Urbach-Wiethe Syndrome, in which the patient is unable to feel fear in even the most dangerous situations, is caused by disease of the:

Hippocampus

Corpus Callosum

Substantia Nigra

Amygdala

4.

1 point

Which of the following last only during stimulation?

Affective Attack

Amygdala Rage

Hypothalamus Rage

Quiet Biting Attack

Samant Subway-Deficit Attack

Two of the above

5.

1 point

What does the rubber-hand illusion demonstrate about sensory stimuli?

tactile overrides taste

taste overrides visual

auditory overrides tactile

visual overrides tactile

tactile overrides visual

6.

1 point

Which of the following is a dualist natural philosopher?

Bohr

Eccles

Umezawa

Lauman

7.

1 point

A procedure which was used to "cure" Refractory Epilepsy in the past but has the unfortunate side effect of split-brain syndrome involves the severing of the:

Hypothalamus

Brainstem

Corpus Callosum

Pineal Gland

8.

1 point

Which of the following are opposite to one another in terms of the sensations which they confer?

Neglects and Split-Brain

Neglect and Amygdala-Rage

Phantoms and Neglects

Phantoms and Operas

9.

1 point

Jerky movements and flailing of limbs is characteristic of which of the following types of Epilepsy?

Tonic-Clonic

Petit-mal

Grand-mal

absence-type

Focal Seizure type

two of the above

10.

1 point

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny`s frequent blank spells (haha) would best be described by:

Grand Mal Epilepsy

Petit Mal Epilepsy

Focal Seizures

...she was possessed by a fragment of Tom Riddle's soul, stop trying to bring science into this.

11.

1 point

In which level of conscious can we conclusively say the patient is awake but not aware?

Comatose State

Minimally Conscious State

Vegetative State

Locked-in-Syndrome

12.

1 point

A sleep-wake pattern is recognized in all but the:

Comatose State

Vegetative State

Locked-in-Syndrome

Minimally-Conscious State

13.

1 point

Craniotomy (removing a bone flap to attach electrodes to the brain) is required for:

EEG

ECG

ECoG

being accepted into iSci

14.

1 point

Recall that the synaptic vessels of motor neurons typically contain acetylcholine. Which of the following is most likely to be found on the post synaptic terminal of a muscle cell?

A temperature-gated channel

A ligand-gated channel

A voltage-gated channel

A light-gated channel

15.

1 point

Rhodopsin is a:

light-gated channel

ligand-gated channel

passive-channel

ATPase complex

16.

1 point

Which of the following is most accurate and explains why K+ can leave neurons passively while Na+ cannot?

K+ ion is smaller than Na+ ion

K+ ion is larger than Na+ ion

Hydrated K+ is smaller than Hydrated Na+

Hydrated K+ is larger than Hydrated Na+

Two of the above

17.

1 point

Tetrodotoxin masquerades as a:

K+ ion

Na+ ion

Passive ion

Neuron

Neuroscientist

18.

1 point

Which of the following is a well-known chloride-related channelopathy?

Myotonia

Hemiplegic Migraine

Cystic Fibrosis

Generalized Epilepsy

19.

1 point

Which of the following affect the resting membrane potential of a neuron?

Ion channels

Myelination

Cl- ATPase pumps

Channelomics

Two of the above

20.

1 point

Hyperacousis, a condition which confers heightened sensitivity to sounds within the normal range of hearing, is caused by paralysis of the:

vagus nerve

stapedius

malleus

tensor tympani

21.

1 point

the tympanic membrane, also known as the eardrum, separates the:

inner and outer ears

inner and middle ears

middle and outer ears

wheat from the chaff

22.

1 point

Sound timbre is a property which refers to the _____ of the soundwave.

frequency

pitch

amplitude

complexity

23.

1 point

In order, the three ossicles of the middle ear are:

stapes, incus, malleus

incus, malleus, stapes

malleus, incus, stapedius

malleus, incus, stapes

24.

1 point

The Organ of Corti rests on the

tectorial membrane

basillar membrane

scala tympani

stapedius

25.

1 point

Hair cell AP firing rate is highest when tip links are:

very loose

very strained

neither loose nor strained

dissociated from the hair cells

26.

1 point

Outer hair cells assist inner hair cells by shifting the basillar membrane (and thus the inner hair cells) closer to the tectorial membrane, by the action of the motor protein:

actin

myosin

prestin

releasetin

27.

1 point

The apex of the cochlea corresponds to:

high frequency sounds

low frequency sounds

medium frequency sounds

Wernicke's area

28.

1 point

At what part of the auditory pathway is information from each ear shared with the pathway from the other ear?

The Cochlear Nucleus

The Inferior Colliculus

The Primary Auditory Cortices

The Superior Olivary Nucleus

29.

1 point

Parkinson`s Disease is caused by:

Death of Neurons in the Substantia Nigra

Death of Neurons in the Hypothalamus

Excess Dopamine

Insufficient L-DOPA

Excess Acetylcholine

De-myelination

Two of the above

30.

1 point

Which of the following is caused by a loss of myelination?

ALS

MS

Deafferentiation

Parkinson' Disease