Localization of Function
Lobe responsible for problem solving, thinking, and self-control.
What is Frontal Lobe?
Disorder characterized by being excessively inattentive, hyperactive, and behaving impulsively.
ADHD
The neurotransmitter important in memory and learning.
What is Acetylcholine?
The most common disease causing dementia.
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
The brain region affected in Parkinson's patients.
What is Basal Ganglia?
Epilepsy can be treated with drugs. (T/F)
True
Those with Parkinson's disease have a deficiency of neurons using the neurotransmitter.
What is Dopamine?
The disease characterized by poor control of the muscles and trouble speaking.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
The brain structure controlling eating, drinking, and the release of hormones.
What is Hypothalamus?
Drug used to successfully treat Bipolar Disorder.
What is lithium?
Completes the three main parts of a neuron: cell body, dendrites, and ________.
What is Axon?
Loss of dopamine in the basal ganglia is an important factor for this neurological disease.
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Main responsibility of the prefrontal cortex.
What is Decision Making? (Attention Regulation, Memory Processing)
The cause of Tourette's Syndrome.
What is Abnormalities in the Basal Ganglia? (Excess Dopamine)
Number of neurons in the brain.
What is 100 Billion?
Brain disease associated with tics, affecting mostly males.
What is Tourettes?
H.M. is a famous patient who had this area of the brain removed after suffering seizures.
What is Hippocampus?
The disorder affecting the brain's ability to control sleep-wake cycles.
What is Narcolepsy?
The neurotransmitter found in blood platelets and in the lining of the digestive tract.
What is Serotonin?
Korsakoff Syndrome is a disease. (T/F)
False