Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 23rd Edition

289 CHAPTER 19 Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: ■ Describ ...

290 SECTION III Central & Peripheral Neurophysiology FORMS OF MEMORY From a physiologic point of view, memory is appropriate ...

CHAPTER 19 Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 291 SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY & LEARNING Short- and long-term changes in synap ...

292 SECTION III Central & Peripheral Neurophysiology CONDITIONED REFLEXES A classic example of associative learning is a con ...

CHAPTER 19 Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 293 implicit memory processes are generally intact. They perform adequately ...

294 SECTION III Central & Peripheral Neurophysiology the environment. In strange surroundings, one is alert and on guard, wh ...

CHAPTER 19 Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 295 lose it” phenomenon is as yet unknown, but it certainly sug- gests that ...

296 SECTION III Central & Peripheral Neurophysiology of artists, musicians, and mathematicians are left-handed. For unknown ...

CHAPTER 19 Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 297 sylvian fissure (lateral cerebral sulcus) of the categorical hemi- spher ...

298 SECTION III Central & Peripheral Neurophysiology appears that it is due to lesions in and around the auditory cortex (ar ...

CHAPTER 19Learning, Memory, Language, & Speech 299 The cytopathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer disease are intra- cellular neu ...

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301 CHAPTER SECTION IV ENDOCRINE & REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY 20 The Thyroid Gland OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you ...

302 SECTION IV Endocrine & Reproductive Physiology ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that stra ...

CHAPTER 20 The Thyroid Gland 303 (T 3 ). T 3 has much greater biological activity than T 4 and is specifically generated at its ...

304 SECTION IV Endocrine & Reproductive Physiology THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS & SECRETION At the interface between the th ...

CHAPTER 20 The Thyroid Gland 305 23% MIT, 33% DIT, 35% T 4 , and 7% T 3 . Only traces of RT 3 and other components are present. ...

306 SECTION IV Endocrine & Reproductive Physiology its action on the tissues is much more rapid. RT 3 also binds to TBG. FLU ...

CHAPTER 20The Thyroid Gland 307 levels and a reciprocal rise in RT 3. Selenium deficiency has the same effect. A wide variety of ...

308 SECTION IVEndocrine & Reproductive Physiology function is stimulated. Within a few minutes after the injec- tion of TSH, ...