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| Qu.1 | Data from the paper entitled: 'Short- and long-term survival and function of unilateral intrastriatal dopaminergic grafts in Parkinson's disease' were used in TMA07. Write an essay in which you fully explain the relevance of the study and meaning of the title. |
| Qu.2 | Write an essay in which you explain how variation in behaviour (e.g. fighting) between individuals of the same species arises, and why that variation is important. |
| Qu.3 | Write an essay in which you discuss the proposition that 'The brain consists simply of a number of separate regions, each of which has a unique function'. |
| Qu.4 | How does a neuron integrate its many and various synaptic inputs to produce action potentials? |
| Qu.5 | Write an essay in which you describe the processes that enable a neuron to grow towards and make synapses with an appropriate target. |
| Qu.6 | a) Explain how the visual system detects
luminance discontinuities. (12 marks)
b) To what extent does the visual system use the same principle of comparison to extract other types of information? (8 marks) |
| Qu.7 | Write an essay in which you explain the principal psychological effects of ageing and the main difficulties associated with studying them. |
| Qu.8 | Write an essay in which you explain how an animal comes to select a mate of the same species, and how an animal comes to select a particular individual. You should use examples of at least two different species in your answer. |
| Qu.9 | What is stress and why might chronic stress be a bad thing? |