Brain Structure I
The building block of the nervous system
What is the axon?
The cells which produce the myelin sheath
What are the glial cells?
Too much of this may lead to schizophrenia
What is dopamine?
An explosion of electrical activity that causes neurons to communicate
What is an action potential?
The disease that causes deterioration of the Myelin Sheath
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
The part of the brain stem that controls breathing and heart rate
What is the medulla?
The area of the brain responsible for speech comprehension
What is Wernicke's area?
A neurotransmitter involved in muscle action and memory
What is acetylcholine?
Made up of the brain, the spinal cord, and the brain stem
What is the central nervous system?
This mnemonic helps you to remember the four lobes of the cerebral cortex
What is FTOP (Freud Taking Off his Pants). Frontal, Temporal, Occipital, & Parietal
Damage to this area can result in visual impairment
What is the occipital lobe?
Damage to this area can produce impairment in impulse control
What is the frontal lobe?
A neurotransmitter which is involved in mood or sleep
What is serotonin?
Prepares the "fight or flight" response in the body
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The popular belief that people are either logical or creative
What is Left Brain/Right Brain types of people
The area of the brain responsible for speech production
What is Broca's area?
What is the hypothalamus?
A drug that inhibits the effect of a neurotransmitter
What is an antagonist?
A structure known as the "master gland" of the body
What is the pituitary gland?
The production of new neurons in some brain regions
What is neurogenesis
A band of nerve fibres that connects the hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
This lobe of the brain governs visuospatial processing
What is the parietal lobe?
Neurotransmitter with the acronym GABA
What is gamma-amino-butyric acid?
The glands which get stimulated to release epinephrine
What are the adrenal glands?
The brains ability to change in response to experience or injury
What is plasticity