Neuroanatomy
This part of the brain is responsible for regulating heartbeat and breathing
What is the medulla oblongata?
4-aminobutyric acid
What is GABA?
This disease is characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This region is responsible for making decisions and impulse control
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This technique uses magnetic fields to visualize brain structure
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus collosum?
4-(2-Aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol
What is dopamine?
This disease is caused by the progressive degeneration of dopamine neurons
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Mirror neurons are associated with this cognitive ability
What is empathy or imitation?
This technique records electrical activity of the brain through the scalp
What is Electroencephalography (EEG)?
Name the four lobes of the cerebral cortex
What are the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobe?
(2S)-2-aminopentanedioic acid
What is glutamate?
This disease is characterized by a mutation in chromosome 4
What is Huntington's Disease?
This term refers to the brain's ability to change and reorganize itself
What is neuroplasticity?
This technique stimulates neurons to map brain functions and is rather invasive
What is deep brain stimulation (DBS)?
This area of the brain is essential for forming new memories
What is the hippocampus?
4-[(1R)-2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl]benzene-1,2-diol
What is norepinephrine?
This disease primarily affects motor neurons. BONUS 100 pts if you can name the full name and not the acronym.
What is ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)?
Attentional control is largely regulated by this area
What is the anterior cingulate cortex?
This technique measures metabolic activity using radioactive tracers
What is positron emission tomography (PET)?
The substantia nigra is part of this larger brain structure
What is the basal ganglia?
3-(2-aminoethyl)-1H-indol-5-ol
What is serotonin?
This disease leads to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
What is a prion protein?
This theory suggests that emotions arise from our interpretations of physiological reactions
What is the James-Lange theory of emotion?
This method allows real-time observation of individual neurons firing
What is calcium imaging?