Neuroplasticity

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What are correct fundamentals?
Performing something perfectly so that you can encode the correct technique
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What is synaptic plasticity?
Changes in the strength of connections between synapses
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What is synaptogenesis?
Formation of synapses between neurons
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What is synaptic pruning?
Elimination of synapses
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What is neuronal migration?
Neurons extend from their place of birth to connect far and wide
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What is neurogenesis?
The creation of new neurons from neural stem cells
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Anterograde degeneration involves the ______ segment (segment of a cut axon between the cut and the _________ ________)
Distal, synaptic terminals
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Retrograde degeneration involves the ______ segment (segment of a cut axon between the cut and the ______ ________)
Proximal, cell body
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What is neural reorganisation?
Areas previously specialised for another function can take on work of other areas
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What percentage of amputees experience chronic severe pain in their phantom limbs?
50%
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