\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Antonova (2011)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Aim:}} & wanted to see if scopolamine affected hippocampal activity in the creation of spatial memory. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Procedure}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} - & 20 healthy male adults (mean age 28). were injected with either Scopolamine or a placebo \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - & Pts were put into an fMRI and scanned whilst playing the "Arena task." A virtual reality game where the goal was to navigate around an "arena" to reach a pole. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} - & After learning where the pole was located, the pts were told to actively rehearse how to get to the pole in the arena. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - & {\bf{Repeated measures design}} - pts returned 3/4 weeks later and redid the test - receiving the opposite treatment \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Research method}} & Experiment \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{IVs}} & Scopolamine/Placebo \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{DV}} & fMRI - Brain activity \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Antagonist}} & Scopolamine \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Antonova (2011) (cont)}} \tn % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Agonist}} & Acetylcholine \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Findings}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{1) When pts were injected with scopolamine, they demonstrated a {\bf{significant reduction in the activation of the hippocampus}} compared to when they received a placebo.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{2) They were also {\bf{more accurate in the placebo group}}.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Counter-argument: Kulkofsky} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Neuron}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/sruby_1659027089_Example_of_a_neuron.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Neurons are cells within the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells. Most neurons have a cell body, an axon, and dendrites.}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Explain synaptic transmission}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Synaptic transmission is the {\bf{biological process by which a neuron communicates with a target cell across a synapse.}} Chemical synaptic transmission {\bf{involves the release of a neurotransmitter from the pre-synaptic neuron, and neurotransmitter binding to specific post-synaptic receptors.}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Excitatory + Inhibitory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Neurotransmitters have either an {\bf{excitatory}} or {\bf{Inhibitory}} effect of the neighboring neuron.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{= Excitatory neurotransmitters are released into an excitatory synapse causing a neuron to fire, leading to an action potential, this produces stimulating effects on the brain.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{E.g E.g. Acetylcholine when in excitation it makes the receiving neuron {\bf{positively}} charged and more likely to fire and is thought to be involved in the process of memory consolidation.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Neurotransmitter}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/sruby_1659027470_Synaptic_cleft_and_neurotransmitter_Art_1.svg.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Neurotransmitters are electrochemical messages that result in a vast array of behaviours. The effects of Neurotransmitters can be amplified or reduced. \newline \newline *Human behaviour is highly complex, thus trying to determine cause and effect is difficult to prove.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Neurotransmission}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/sruby_1659028879_synapse.jpeg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Describe Neurotransmission}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Neurotransmission}} is the process of nerve cell communication. The neurons that are interconnected communicate with each other by releasing chemicals called {\bf{neurotransmitters}} into small gaps between the two nerve cells call the {\bf{synapse}} gap (see above). \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 6) The process of {\bf{electrochemical}} transmission starts in the {\bf{dendrites}} that branch out from the cell body and these receive {\emph{incoming impulses}} from neighboring {\bf{neurons}}. \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 4) The impulse passes down the axon as {\bf{action potential}}, down to the {\bf{terminal}} buttons, containing synaptic {\bf{vesicles}} (tiny sacs) filled with {\emph{neurotransmitters}} which are released into the synapse. \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 5) A {\emph{released}} neurotransmitter is available for the synapse gap for a short amount of time during which it may be {\bf{destroyed}}, pulled back into the {\bf{presynaptic axon terminal}} through {\bf{reuptake (reabsorption)}}, or reach the {\bf{postsynaptic}} membrane and bind to one of the receptors on its surface. \newline % Row Count 22 (+ 7) If the neurotransmitter bind onto the receptor on the postsynaptic neuron, this process changes the membrane potential and so contributes to activating an {\bf{electrical}} pulse in the postsynaptic neuron. Here the chemical mechanism becomes electrical again.% Row Count 28 (+ 6) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Conclusions (Antonova (2011)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{It appears that acetylcholine may play an important role in memory consolidation - {\bf{why do you think this?}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Because}}the hippocampus was activated - so what??} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{It was demonstrated that neurotransmitters themselves can be affected by other chemicals - {\bf{why?}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Because}} drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{= Some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, can activate neurons because their chemical structure mimics that of a natural neurotransmitter in the body. This allows the drugs to attach onto and activate the neurons.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Antagonist}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Is a substance that {\bf{fits}} into a receptor site on the postsynaptic neuron, {\bf{preventing the neuron from firing}} by blocking access to it.% Row Count 3 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Agonist}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Looks like the neurotransmitter and fits in the receptor site but it {\bf{amplifies the behaviour}}. The reaction can be {\bf{excitatory or inhibitory}}. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) = Drugs are exogenous agonists. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) = Neurotransmitters are endogenous agonists.% Row Count 5 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}