Physiology III
Neuroscience
Cortical Function: States Of Arousal, Eeg, Epilepsy, Ageing

Reading: Guyton, Ch. 57, 59

Keywords:

electroencephalogram (EEG):  

alpha:  

beta:  

theta waves:  

delta waves:  

EEG spikes:  

grand mal epilepsy:  

petit mal epilepsy:  

focal epilepsy:  

reticular activating system (RAS):  

coma:  

gigantocellular nucleus of the reticular formation:  

substantia nigra:  

locus ceruleus:  

raphe nuclei:  

slow wave sleep:  

REM sleep:  

sleep factors:  

depression:  

manic-depressive disorder:  

schizophrenia:  

Wernicke's area:  

Broca's area:  

dominant hemisphere:  

sensory memory:  

primary memory:  

secondary memory:  

short-term memory:  

long-term memory:  

reverberating circuit:  

post-tetanic potentiation:  

memory consolidation:  

sensory aphasia:  

motor aphasia:  

dementia:  

Alzheimer's disease:  

senile plaques:  

Objectives

describe the normal course of sleep during the night including sleep types, sleep stages, EEG patterns, autonomic and motor reactions and arousability:  

describe the source of the potentials recorded in the electroencephalogram:  

distinguish between the different EEG rhythms:  

describe levels of consciousness as the relate to brain damage:  

compare and contrast short term memory with long term memory; be able to relate these to specific brain regions or circuits:  

compare and contrast the dominant and the non-dominant hemespheres:  

describe the different functional regions of the cortex that are used in language functions:  

describe the role of prefrontal cortex in higher cerebral functions:  

describe the the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease:  


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