MIDTERM EXAM PREP

Physiological Psychology Midterm Exam Contents
  To best prepare for the Midterm Exam you should know what it will cover.  Please utilize the list below as you prepare for the exam with your studying/coloring/memorizing (Quizlet.com)  and ITM (I teach me) sessions.

Part I.
INTRODUCTION
 Textbook Chapter 1- Introduction to Neuroscience
   Pay attention to  Red information on Course Blog
 Textbook Chapter 5.1- Neurogenesis and Five Brain Divisions
     Know stages of neurogenesis as outlined in Coloring Book
      CB Unit 4.2 Processes of Early Neural Developmen
     CB 4.5 Axon Growth: Correctly Wiring the Nervous System
     CB  4.6 Adult Neurogenesis



 Part II.
GROSS ANATOMY
Planes of Section - CB chapter 2
Major Brain Divisions CB Unit 4.3, 4.4
Divisions of Nervous System CB Unit 2.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

BRAIN ANATOMY BY DIVISION (Items in Parenthesis will be on the Final)
Mylencephalon  CB 6.1
    Reticular Formation, Pyramids
Metencephalon CB 6.2
    Pons, Cerebellum
Mesencephalon  CB 6.3
    Inferior & Superior Colliculi
    Red Nuclei, Periaqueductal Grey, Substantia Nigra
    (Tectum and Tegmentum)
Diencephalon CB 6.4-6.6
    Thalamus
         Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; Medial Geniculate Nucleus; Ventral Posterior Nucleus
     Hypothalamus
         Suprachiasmatic nucleus (Ventral medial nucleus)
     Pituitary Gland
Telencephalon
      Brain lobes  CB 7.2
      Fissures  CB 7.1
      Gyri  CB 7.3


Part III. 
NEURONAL NETWORKS AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
Neuron Morphology  CB chapter 3
Neuron Story  Instructor's Blackboard link and Students' YouTube postings

Neurophysiology and synaptic transmission
     Textbook Modules 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2

Functional Neural Systems
     Simple System
      Reflex Arc Textbook 3.1;  CB UNITS 1.1, 1.3, 1.4; 8.5, 8.6

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