What is long-term potentiation?

Q: Give the importance of Reflex action?

A: In the nervous system, specialized organ receptor receives stimulus information and then converted…

Q: What is dual innervation?

A: Dual innervation refers to the innervation of a target organ by both divisions of the ANS. Usually,…

Q: What is the difference between temporal summation and spatial summation?

A: Neurons is also known as nerve cell and it is considered as the fundamental units of the brain and…

Q: Define the term inhibitory synapses?

A: Synapse - This is the connection between two neurons, and present at the end of each nerve cell for…

Q: What are Refractory Periods?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  NEURON   It is the longest cell inside the human body  It is found in the brain…

Q: What is the role of the relative refractory period?

A: Introduction Nerves play vital role in conduction of signals from CNS to various other organs, nerve…

Q: Define and describe endogenous rhythms.

A: In biology, endogenous rhythm can be described as a biological clock of an organism's internal…

Q: Which neurotransmitters are excitatory and which are inhibitory? How do they exert their effects?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  NEURON   It is the longest cell inside the human body  It is found in the brain…

Q: Define the term potentiation?

A: Potentiation in the field of neurological science was discovered by Terje Lømo in 1966 in the rabbit…

Q: What is distinctive about p waves and PR intervals in junctional rhythms?

A: The Heart is a vital part of the body, it supplies the blood to the various body part, organs. It is…

Q: What are synapses?

A: Synapse refers to the bridge between the two neurons of the nervous system. It is the site of…

Q: List two functions of the thalamus?

A: The division of the forebrain known as the diencephalon is situated between the telencephalon and…

Q: why do some students like to study in a busy coffee house? How is this related to the reticular…

A: Student may think that the noise of the people can you distract you and leads their study in…

Q: Compare Association Cortex and Perceptual Processing?

A: Brain is the prime information processing center and to some extent, spinal cord also plays a role…

Q: What are Chemical Synapses?

A: Chemical Synapses are biological junctions through which neurons signals can be sent to each other…

Q: Describe how sleep and wakefulness are related to the reticular activating system (RAS).

A: The reticular activating system(RAS) is considered a network of neurons in the brain stem that…

Q: The output from the hypothalamus and the other brain areas to the effectors is via?

A: The effectors can be described as the bodily organs, tissues, or muscles activated in response to…

Q: Define the term Inhibitory Chemical Synapses?

A: Neurotransmitters can characterize as a junction that helps in the formation and coordination of…

Q: what is relative refractory?

A: The refractory period refers to the specific time interval when the excitable cells (like neurons)…

Q: What are axoaxonal synapses?

A: Axoaxonal synapse is a synapse between two nerve cells in which the nerve impulse travels from one…

Q: What are longterm potentiation (LTP)?

A: Long-term potentiation: (LTP)             A persistent strengthening of synapses that leads to a…

Q: What is absolute refractory period?

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Q: What are the inhibitory synapses?

A: It is a specialized type of synaptic potential in which the activation from one neuron initiates an…

Q: Outline the major chemical steps responsible for long-term potentiation.

A: Long-term potentiation is a neural process in which the signals between neurons become stronger with…

Q: What is relative refractory period?

A: Refractory period – duration of time during which the cell is unable to respond to a stimulus. It…

Q: Which two major organ types compromise effectors?

A: We have to determine the major organs in human body compromising the effectors.

Q: What is Neuroeffector Communication?

A: Neurons of the nervous system communicate to each other at junctions, the synapses. These chemical…

Q: Define the term proprioception?

A: The sense organs and brain governs the body to form different activities and helps in the formation…

Q: When do EPSPs and IPSPs occur?

A: EPSP  :- Cause Membrane Potential to move closer to threshold. Caused by an opening of Cation…

Q: Define the term inhibitory synapse?

A: Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system that carry electrical stimuli throughout the body.…

Q: What is the functional advantage of myelination?

A: The neuron or nerve cell is the fundamental unit of the nervous system. This is divided into three…

Q: Define the term monosynaptic reflex?

A: Humans and animals all have reflexes that help them avoid danger. Reflexes are reflex reactions,…

Q: What is convergence?

A: In biology, the term convergence is associated with evolution. Therefore, it is important to have a…

Q: What is an impulse? What is synaptic transmission?

A: The neuron is the basic structural and functional unit that belongs to the nervous system. This…

Q: What is Neurospora ?

A: Ascomycetes are a division of fungi, which includes sac fungi. Fungi are eukaryotic and…

Q: What is spatial summation?

A: Spatial summation is when progressively larger numbers of primary afferent (presynaptic) neurons are…

Q: We know that a reflex arc is a circuit, but what are the nerve connections arc called?

A: Answer: Introduction: A reflex arc is a neural and sensory pathway that maintains a reflex.  Reflex…

Q: What is the most important environmental cue for the entrainment ofcircadian rhythms?

A: The body's internal clock is made up of 24-hour cycles called circadian rhythms which work in the…

Q: List the benefits of Innervation?

A: Innervation is defined as a termed used for the supply of nerves to and from the brain. This…

Q: What are the parasympathetic divisions?

A: The nervous system is a complicated network of nerves and cells that transport information from the…

Q: What is inhibitory synapse ? Prepare the figure of excitatorysynapse  ?

A: Introduction: synapse is the junction of a neuron that allows a neuron or nerve cell to pass an…

Q: What are mirror neurons? And how do they function?

A: The neuron is the basic functional unit of the brain, is a specially designed cell to transmit…

Q: How does synaptictransmission between neuronstake place?

A: The neurons are the basic component of the nervous system. The neurons also are known as nerve cells…

Q: List the benefits of dual innervation?

A: Autonomic neural system: it is also known as involuntary nervous system as it controls the…

Q: Do refractory periods help keep APs separate?

A: Refractory periods and action potential go simultaneously for most of the time. There are two…

Q: Explain dual innervation  and its benefits in three sentences?

A: The autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be broadly classified (structurally and functionally) into…

Q: What is the difference between the absolute refractory period versus the relative refractory period?

A: Refractory period – duration of time during which the cell is unable to respond to a stimulus. It…

Learning and memory

Learning is defined as a relatively permanent and irreversible adaptive change in behavior. It always results from experience. The ability of an organism to store and recall the effects, sensations, and knowledge gained through learning and experience is called memory.