NEUR 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neurotransmission, Aldosterone, Menopause
20 Dec 2017
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4905 honours workshop; prep for grad school , work with the instructor to create a topic: minimum 6. 5 gpa requirement. 4908 lab based thesis: one on one, best option for research *, 9. 0, talk to supervisors, 3206/3207 , upper year stats, statement of intent. When estrogen levels are high: higher estrogen, less of a stress response. Womens are most likely to get a lot of diseases: women less likely however to get heat disease, estrogen can help in a way protect them from heart disease, after women go through menopause. Imprinting through sounds (chicks in eggs: not necessarily attracted to the sound but not afraid of it. Relates to the importance of oxytocin is important in relationships. Altruism = doing acts of kindness just because they want to. Oxytocin makes things more meaningful (good or bad) Because they are sensitive to environmental cues their neurons are impacted (even if they don"t remember the incident)
