1. What are the differences between conscious and unconsciousemotions?
2. Describe how the vole system or experiments in rhesus monkeys(Harry
3. Is aging a disease or natural developmental process? Justifyanswer.
4. What are some brain regions that may be implicated inaltruism or psychopathy? Describe how damage in each neuron mightalter behavior.
5. Who were Alex, Washoe, and Koko? Why did researchers believethat Alex, Washoe and Koko actually understood language?
6. Describe the function and brain location (think laterality)of Broca's and Wernickes area. What happens when each one of theseis damaged?
7. Describe evidence that estrogen is involved in neuraldevelopment and function.
8. What is the evidence that fruitless is a behavioral switchgene? Does fruitless function acutely or during development?
9. What is sexual dimorphism? Give an example within thebrain.
10. What are place cells, where are they located, and why arethey important? Note: This is what the 2014 Nobel Prize in medicinewas awarded for.
11. Describe brain areas involved in the planned execution ofmovement (think premotor cortex, motor cortex, modulatory centers,motor neurons etc).
12. What are mirror neurons, and what is their function? Whatexperimental evidence supports their existence.
13. How do pain and touch receptors differ in sensitivity?
14. What are the differences in function between the two types ofpain fibers?
15. How is ALS modeled in mice?
16. Describe how gene therapy works (very basically) and howthis may be used to cure ALS.
17. Describe the disorder and cause of disease that afflictedMatt and Christina Mights child? How did they identify thedisease?
18. How do glia aid neurons during nervous system development(think Slit/midline glia and radial glia).
19. What is Pax6 and why is it considered a master regulatorygene for eye development?
1. What are the differences between conscious and unconsciousemotions?
2. Describe how the vole system or experiments in rhesus monkeys(Harry
3. Is aging a disease or natural developmental process? Justifyanswer.
4. What are some brain regions that may be implicated inaltruism or psychopathy? Describe how damage in each neuron mightalter behavior.
5. Who were Alex, Washoe, and Koko? Why did researchers believethat Alex, Washoe and Koko actually understood language?
6. Describe the function and brain location (think laterality)of Broca's and Wernickes area. What happens when each one of theseis damaged?
7. Describe evidence that estrogen is involved in neuraldevelopment and function.
8. What is the evidence that fruitless is a behavioral switchgene? Does fruitless function acutely or during development?
9. What is sexual dimorphism? Give an example within thebrain.
10. What are place cells, where are they located, and why arethey important? Note: This is what the 2014 Nobel Prize in medicinewas awarded for.
11. Describe brain areas involved in the planned execution ofmovement (think premotor cortex, motor cortex, modulatory centers,motor neurons etc).
12. What are mirror neurons, and what is their function? Whatexperimental evidence supports their existence.
13. How do pain and touch receptors differ in sensitivity?
14. What are the differences in function between the two types ofpain fibers?
15. How is ALS modeled in mice?
16. Describe how gene therapy works (very basically) and howthis may be used to cure ALS.
17. Describe the disorder and cause of disease that afflictedMatt and Christina Mights child? How did they identify thedisease?
18. How do glia aid neurons during nervous system development(think Slit/midline glia and radial glia).
19. What is Pax6 and why is it considered a master regulatorygene for eye development?
