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A(n) ________ is a sudden, permanent change in a sequence of DNA.
What is a mutation?
The ________ receive(s) incoming signals from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
The ________ is a sensory relay station where all sensory information, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing.
What is the thalamus?
________ cycles occur roughly once every 24 hours.
What is circadian?
________ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
________ is the field of study that focuses on genes and their expression.
What is epigenetics?
This type of substance (drug) facilitates or mimics the activity of a given neurotransmitter system.
What is an agonist?
A(n) ________ uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue.
What is an MRI?
________ occurs when there is a chronic deficiency in sleep.
What is sleep debt?
This taste is associated with monosodium glutamate.
What is umami?
Our ability to make our legs move as we walk across the room is controlled by the ________ nervous system.
What is Somatic?
Multiple sclerosis involves a breakdown of the ________.
What is the myelin sheath?
Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact.
What is Wernicke's Area?
Sleep spindles and K-complexes are most often associated with ________ sleep.
What is NREM Stage 2?
________ involves the conversion of sensory stimulus energy into neural impulses.
What is transduction?
The central nervous system is comprised of ________.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Cocaine blocks the reuptake of ________.
What is dopamine?
The ________ gland secretes epinephrine.
What is the adrenal gland?
________ appears to be especially important for enhanced performance on recently learned tasks.
What is slow wave sleep? (Also acceptable: Deep Sleep, Stage 3 and 4 Sleep)
The ________ is a small indentation of the retina that contains cones.
What is the fovea?
If your ________ nervous system is activated, you will feel relatively at ease.
What is parasympathetic?
LSD affects ________ neurotransmission.
What is serotonin?
The ________ secretes messenger hormones that direct the function of the rest of the endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
Symptoms of ________ may be improved by REM rebound.
What is depression?
This sense system is involved in maintaining balance and body posture.
What is the vestibular system?