Tissue destruction. It can occur naturally or experimentally by the caused destruction/removal of brain tissues
What is lesion
100
What are the parts of the neuron?
What is cell body, dendrite, and axon
100
Chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream and affect other tissues. They are secreted by the glands.
What is Hormones
100
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
What is consciousness
100
A complex molecule containing genetic information that makes up the chromosomes?
What is DNA
200
A series of x-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice through the brain
What is CAT Scan or CT Scan
200
A minimum intensity needed to have signals trigger an action potential
What is Threshold
200
Cluster of Neurons into work groups
What is Neural Network
200
In charge of muscle movement, balance, and coordination
What is cerebellum
200
They develop from separate fertilized eggs. Are no different from brothers and sisters but share a fetal environment.
What is fraternal twins
300
The base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing
What is medulla
300
Process information in the brain's internal communication system; between the sensory and motor neurons
What is interneurons
300
Mobilizes the body's resources for emergencies; a branch of the autonomic nervous system
What is Sympathetic Nervous System
300
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons.
What is glial cells
300
The discussion of how genes and the environment interact and how genes change to fit the environment; how traits that have led to survival are more likely to be passed down
What is evolutionary psychology
400
A railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function
What is Phineas Gage
400
The interior of an axon has a negative charge while the fluid outside has a more positive charge
What is resting potential
400
The master gland of the endocrine system. It releases a variety of hormones and stimulates action in other glands
What is pituitary gland
400
The brain's capacity for modification, especially during childhood, by reorganizing after damage or by building new pathways based on experience
What is Plasticity
400
The complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in its chromosomes.
What is genome
500
Controls language reception and is usually located in the left temporal lobe?
What is Wernicke's area
500
The time when the resting potential is being restored and the neuron cannot have another action potential
What is Refractory Period
500
Just above the kidneys and secrete hormones like norepinephrine that help arouse the body in times of stress
What is Adrenal Gland
500
The brain's sensory switchboard, located at the top of the brainstem; directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex
What is Thalamus
500
A random error in gene replication that leads to a change.