L9.2 - Neuropsychology

T/F? Neurons are static and fixed structures

• T

• F

Enriched environments produce

• better quality brains

• worse quality brains

• no effect - as effects on the brain are all biologically based

London taxi-driver's had increased volume in what

• Pre-frontal cortex

• posterior hippocampus

• occipital lobe

• amygdala

Which brain structure shows evidence of adult neurogenesis?

• Basal ganglia

• Retrosplenial cortex

• Hippocampus

• Mammillary bodies

Despite lesions to the anterior thalamic nuclei, enrichment in rats improved the spines in hippocampal pyramidal neurons and improved maze learning.  This suggests a treatment strategy for 

• people with split brain lesions

• people with Korsakoff’s syndrome

• people with Smirnoff’s syndrome

• people with Hemineglect

What is the most common form of dementia

• Multiple sclerosis

• Parkinson's disease

• Huntington's disease

• Alzheimer's disease

Where is atrophy in the brain seen for those with Alzheimer's

• medial temporal lobe

• corpus callosum

• across the brain's cortical surface

• medulla

Y/N. Is more education a protective factor against developing cognitive degeneration

• Yes

• No

Modifiable risk factors make up how much of our chance to developing dementia

• 40%

• 50%

• 10%

• 75%

Alzheimer’s disease is primarily associated with the following abnormal proteins in the brain

• Amyloid and synuclein

• Tau and amyloid

• Tau and synuclein