AP PSYCH

Neurotransmitters 1

100

Neurotransmitter that enables muscle movement

Acetylcholine or ACH

200

Too much of this neurotransmitter can lead to schizophrenia and hallucinations

Dopamine

300

Too little of this neurotransmitter leads to lack of sleep and depression

serotonin

400

This neurotransmitters controls alertness, heart-rate, and sexual arousal

Norepinephrine

500

Without enough of this inhibitory neurotransmitter, you could have seizures

GABA

Neurotransmitters 2

100

this neurotransmitter reduces pain and causes the feeling of pleasure

Endorphins

200

This inhibitory neurotransmitter is produces when a person consumes alcohol

GABA

300

Too little of this neurotransmitter leads to Parkinson's disease

Dopamine

400

This neurotransmitter is found in the connection between motor neurons and muscle fiber

Acetylcholine or ACH

500

Someone may take SSRIs like prozac too boost levels of this neurotransmitter

serotonin

Brain 1

100

This lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for audition

temporal

200

This part of the brain allows for communication between the left hemisphere to the right hemisphere

corpus callosum

300

maintenance activities: eating, drinking, body and temperature;
it governs the endocrine system via the pituitary gland and is linked to emotion

hypothalamus

400

voluntary movement and balance

cerebellum

500

part of the limbic system; linked to emotion, especially fear and anger

amygdala

Brain 2

100

speaking, muscle movements, plans & judgements

frontal lobe

200

in the frontal lobe, in the left hemisphere; directs muscle movements involved in speech

Broca's area

300

part of the limbic system; involved in memory

hippocampus

400

A narrow vertical strip of cortex in the frontal lobes, lying just in front of the central fissure; controls movement

motor cortex

500

this lobe of the cerebral cortex is involved in the processing of touch, pressure, temperature, and pain

Parietal lobe

Neurons

100

Part of neuron that RECEIVES a signal

Dendrite

200

This part of a neuron is long and sends an electrical signal from one end to the other

axon

300

This is the space between two neurons where communication and reuptake takes place

synapse

400

This part of the neuron is wrapped around the axon and speeds up the electrical signal with its fatty texture

myelin sheath

500

The end of a neuron is the

axon terminal