A) Briefly explain how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TM…
A) Briefly explain how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) works to manipulate brain activity. (4 pts) B) Why is TMS typically used to target surface regions of the brain? (2 pts) C) Provide one example of how TMS has been used to demonstrate a functional re-organization of occipital (“visual”) cortex in blind individuals (or in blindfolded people with intact vision). (4 pts)
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A 72-year-old patient is admitted to the hospital with suspected influenza and is experiencing frequent coughing and sneezing. The patient’s provider orders droplet precautions in addition to standard precautions. You are preparing to enter the patient’s room to perform a physical assessment. Which of the following personal protective equipment (PPE) should you wear before entering the room?
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A) Eric Kandel used the Aplysia (sea slug) to learn about the brain mechanisms associated with simple learning. Name one of the types of simple learning he studied (2 pts) B) Describe the behavioral experiment (along with the results) that demonstrated this form of simple learning in Aplysia. (4 pts) C) What are the neurons that control the response you described for the above behavioral experiment? (2 pts) D) Learning is associated with plasticity in the nervous system. What changes in the synapse of the above neuron pathway were related to the change in behavior? (2 pts)
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