課程名稱︰神經生物學
課程性質︰選修
課程教師︰楊恩誠
開課學院：生物資源暨農學院
開課系所︰昆蟲學系
考試日期（年月日）︰2015/04/10
考試時限（分鐘）：180分鐘
試題 :
1. What are the different levels of analysis in neuroscience research?
What questions do researchers ask at each level?
2. Which parts of a neuron are shown by a Golgi stain that are not shown in
Nissl stain?
3. What is 'neuron doctrine'?
4. What is myelin? What does it do? What kind of glial cells provide the
myelin sheath of optic nerve axons?
5. What are the three physical characteristics that distinguish axons from
dendrites?
6. Why did Dr. Jack Kevorkian use KCl injection to assist Janet Adkins suicide
in 1990?
7. What is an 'action potential'? Describe the simplest way to measure action
potential.
8. If a neuron is poisoned by tetrodotoxin (TTX), what parts of the neuron
would you expect to be bound by TTX molecule?
What would be the consequence of this neuron?
9. How do you determine 'electric synapses' in a tissue?
10. Describe the release of neurotransmitter by exocytosis.
What are SNAREs for?
11. What are the two types of EPSP summation?
12. Explain 'shunting inhibition' with inhibitory and excitatory synapses.
13. How do you identify the neurotransmitter in a nervous system?
All possible methods are required.
14. Compare and contrast the properties of
(a) AMPA and NMDA receptors and
(b) GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors. (括號內為下標)
15. How would you determine whether GABA or Gly, or both, or neither, is the
inhibitory neurotransmitter of the cortex?
16. Where is CSF produced? What path does it take before it is absorbed into
the blood stream? Name the parts of the CNS it will pass through in its
voyage from brain to blood.
17. If the olfactory system does use some kind of spatial mapping to encode
specific odors, how might the rest of the brain read the map?
18. How to electrophysiologically study the voltage-gated ion channels on the
membrane of a neuron?
19. The advent of methods to image the living brains has given a new relevance
to neuroanatomy. Give an example to describe possible application of fMRI.
20. Describe the important feature of thalamus in one sentence.
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