Brain Areas
The brain area associated with memory
What is the hippocampus?
Where neurons receive information
What are dendrites?
Associated with fight, flight, freeze
What is adrenaline/epinephrine?
Who is at a higher risk for a brain injury?
a. a 14-year-old
b. an 80-year-old
c. a 3-year-old
b. an 80-year-old
The brain area associated with mood disorders
What is the amygdala?
The place where neurons connect and communicate
What is the synapse?
Associated with mood disorders
What is serotonin?
Who is more likely to have anxiety?
a. Jane whose uncle has bipolar 1
b. Joe whose twin sister has depression
c. Jess who has no family hx of mental illness
b. Joe whose twin sister has depression
The brain area involved in homeostasis
What is the hypothalamus?
The insulating layer around the axon
What is myelin?
Too much can lead to schizophrenia
What is dopamine?
Who is more at risk for developing a mental illness?
a. someone who was conceived when their parents were 25
b. someone who was conceived when their father was 65
c. someone who was conceived when their mother was 40
b. someone who was conceived when their father was 65
This is severed to treat severe epilepsy
What is the corpus callosum?
Re-absorption of a secreted neurotransmitter
What is reuptake?
Associated with memory
What is glutamate?
Who is more likely to suffer from depression?
a. someone who has a family hx of bipolar 1
b. someone with an abnormality in their amygdala
c. someone who had a stroke
b. someone with an abnormality in their amygdala
This area is decreased in volume in individuals with OCD
What is the basal ganglia?
The communication between neurons
What is neuron-to-neuron transmission?
Alcohol reduces the production
What is GABA?
Who is more likely to have an abnormality caused by the pre-frontal cortex?
a. an 8-year-old with ADD
b. a 25-year-old with anxiety
a. an 8-year-old with ADD