The Brain
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
What are the lobes of the brain?
Disorder characterized by recurrent seizures
What is epilepsy?
The neurotransmitter associated with feelings of happiness
What is Serotonin/Dopamine?
Lobe of the brain that is responsible for vision
What is the occipital lobe?
Memory that can hold limited information for seconds or minutes
What is short-term memory
The part of the brain responsible for balance/coordination, motor learning
What is the cerebellum?
The disease characterized by the loss of control of voluntary muscles
What is ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)?
The process used to describe the reabsorption of neurotransmitters by the axon terminal.
What is reuptake?
The five taste sensations
What are salty, sweet, bitter, sour, umami?
The cortex of the brain that controls controls attention, decision-making, and long-term planning.
Separates the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the Corpus Callosum?
SSRIs are commonly used to treat various disorders. How do they function?
The chief inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is GABA (gamma-Aminobutyric acid)
The two types of photoreceptors
What are rods and cones?
The emotional significance attached to memories of events and experiences is mediated by what brain region?
What is the amygdala?
Two parts of the cerebral cortex linked to speech production and comprehension
What are Broca and Wernicke's area?
Protein responsible for the development of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
What is tau/amyloid beta?
The resting membrane potential for neurons
-70 mV
What is the somatosensory cortex?
Damage to what brain region can result in non-fluent aphasia?
Regulates breathing, heart rate, and digestion
What is the Medulla oblongata?
The conventional protocol used by clinicians to diagnose disorders.
What is DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
The most abundant neurotransmitter in the nervous system
What is glutamate?
What is another name for the eardrum?
What is the tympanic membrane?
What are two key opposing processes for synaptic plasticity?
What is long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD)?