Chapter 12

Which types of memory were least impaired in H. M. and people with similar types of amnesia?

What type of memory do the radial maze and the Morris water maze test?

On what kind of question is someone with Korsakoff's syndrome most likely to confabulate?

Which type of memory is generally least impaired for people with Alzheimer's disease?

When you first learned to drive a car, you had to carefully think about everything you did. After much practice, your movements became smooth and automatic. What does this observation imply about the brain mechanisms of learning?

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

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

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?

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