Assignment:
Answer all of the physiology question, with full sentences. Answer should cover all the bullet point that is mention below the question.
Lectures and subsections, which should be discussed through the presentation:
1. Motor and somatosensory cortex areas.
? Somatosensory cortex area - localization and function
? Localization and function of superior motor areas
2. Association areas and processing information from sensory organs
? Areas of processing stimuli from the senses
? Localization and function of association areas (3)
3. Physiological basis of EEG.
? Origin, types and characteristics of waves
? Synchronization and desynchronization of EEG
? Sleep depending EEG alterations
4. Neuroelectrophysiological diagnostic methods.
? Electrooculography
? Evoked potentials
? Electromyography
5. Circadian rhytms. Pineal function
? Extrinsic and intrinsic rhytms
? Function and localization of suprachiasmatic nucleus
? Melatonin (function and regulation of secretion)
? Regulation and synchronization of circadian rhytms
? Rhythmics of physiological functions
6. Emotions. Reward and punishment centers.
? Limbic system as reward and punishment center
? Role of emotional control structures
7. Hypothalamus
? Hypothalamus localization and functions
8. Diffuse modulatory systems. Reticular formation
? Neurons modulating behavioral state system - division, localization and function
? Reticular formation - localization, function and connections
9. Parts of the brain and their functions
? Localization and basis function of individual parts of the brain
10. Memory and learning
? Memory trace formation
? Memory types
? Consolidation process
? Hippocampus role in memorizing
11. Language
? Function and localization of Wernicke's and Broca's areas
? Path of the stimulus during speech processing
? Role of cerebellum in speech modulation
? Origin and symptoms of Wernicke's aphasia and motor aphasia
12. Cerebrospinal fluid system
? CSF composition and functions
? Comparison of the CSF composition to a plasma
? Formation, flow and absorption of CSF
? Evaluation of CSF in diagnostic
13. Blood-brain barrier
? Structure, function and selectivity of BBB.
? Circumventricular organs
? BBB clinical significance
14. Sleep
? Somatic and vegetative symptoms of sleep
? Role of sleep and consequences of its deficiency
? Phases of sleep and their characteristics
? Sleep alterations in ontogenesis