NEUR 3200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Synaptic Plasticity, Neurotransmitter, Synaptogenesis
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Be familiar with the concept of critical periods in neural development, And of their general features many complex behaviours can be innate, Independent of experience - no critical periods for circuit change - Foraging, fighting, response to predators, mating strategies other. More complex behaviours shaped by environment, which has the. Greatest effect during critical periods - substantial variation in. Timing and duration of critical periods - parental imprinting in. Hatchling birds - lasts hours of days in early post-hatching. Development - sensorimotor skills last much longer and ends less. Abruptly - human language acquisition - exposure has to be frequent. Andover a long period common features of critical periods - Experiences after the period ends have much less impact on behaviour. Absence of appropriate environmental influences during the critical. Visualized by injecting radioactive amino acids into oneeye. v1 neurons classified from 1-7 based on whether they respond to the contralateral or ipsilateral eye1: