Chapter 13

Biological Psychology · 9 exercises

Problem 1

How can a Hebbian synapse account for the basic phenomena of classical conditioning?

4 step solution

Problem 2

What evidence indicates that the red nucleus is necessary for performance of a conditioned response but not for learning the response?

5 step solution

Problem 3

When serotonin blocks potassium channels on the presynaptic terminal, what is the effect on transmission?

5 step solution

Problem 3

What is one brain location and mechanism for working memory?

3 step solution

Problem 4

Before LTP: In the normal state, what is the effect of glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors?

2 step solution

Problem 4

What is the difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?

4 step solution

Problem 5

During the formation of LTP: When a burst of intense stimulation releases much more glutamate than usual at two or more incoming axons, what is the effect of the glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors? Which ions enter at the NMDA receptors?

3 step solution

Problem 6

After LTP has formed: After the neuron has gone through LTP, what is now the effect of glutamate at the AMPA receptors? At the NMDA receptors?

3 step solution

Problem 10

What is amyloid- \(\beta\) and how does it relate to Alzheimer's disease?

3 step solution

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