Neurons
This part of the Neuron receives the signals
What is Dendrites?
The part of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord
What is Central Nervous System?
A medical procedure in which the corpus callosum is severed removing connection from the brain's hemispheres.
What is Split Brain?
The stage during sleep when your heart rate is at its fastest and eye movement becomes rapid
What is REM sleep?
A classification of drugs that reduce or slow our neural activity
What are Depressants?
After a neuron has fired its signal, it must rest and the neurotransmitter must be reabsorbed
What is reuptake?
A significant part of our endocrine system that releases hormones related to fighting, fleeing, hunger and mating
What is Hypothalamus?
The system in your brain responsible for emotions, drives and memory
What is the Limbic System?
Also known as "Deep sleep"
What is NREM-3 sleep?
A classification of drugs that distort perception and evoke sensory images in the brain.
What are hallucinogens?
When the signal in the neuron reaches the threshold, it fires off an all-or-nothing response
What is action potential?
The part of your nervous system that is involved in your fight or flight response
What is Sympathetic Nervous System?
A part of the Cerebral Cortex that processes visual information
What is occipital lobes?
A condition in which a person stops breathing during sleep.
What is Sleep Apnea?
A method to monitor the brain by scanning the frequency of brain waves
What is EEG scan?
Neurotransmitters that lodge themselves in your neuron receptors, exciting them
What are agonists?
A group of sensory neurons that work to carry impulses from the Central Nervous System to the Brain
What are afferent neurons?
The part of your brain that coordinates balance and is often called the "little brain"
What is Cerebellum?
The theory that our dreams are a way to process and consolidate information taken in
What is Activation-Synthesis theory?
In most humans, it controls spoken abilities, your right hand, language and analytical capabilities
What is Left Hemisphere?
A neurotransmitter that helps to improve the body's mood.
What is Serotonin?
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System?
The brain's ability to understand language
What is Wernicke's Area?
When exposed to bright lights, it signals the pineal glands to reduce the body's production of melatonin.
What is Suprachiasmatic nucleus?
The organ that regulates blood sugar and and responsible for creating insulin.
What is Pancreas?