Neurotransmitters
The Forebrain
Endocrine System
100
The neurotransmitter that is involved in movement, attention, learning, and pleasurable or rewarding sensations.
What is Dopamine
100
The group of forebrain that forms a border around the brainstem and is involved in emotion, motivation, learning, and memory
What is the Limbic System
100
Gland that produces melatonin
What is Pineal Gland
200
The neurotransmitter that communicates with the muscles
What is acetylcholine
200
Structure that relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex
Thalamus
200
Signals that go into the bloodstream to support many processes
What is Hormones
300
A drug type that mimics a specified neurotransmitter
What is an agonist
300
The structure involved in forming new memories
What is Hippocampus
300
Controls body metabolism rate
What is Thyroid gland
400
A drug type that blocks synaptic transmission
What is an antagonist
400
Structure that regulates hunger, thirst, sleep, and sexual behavior by producing hormones
What is Hypothalamus
400
A specified hormone that is produced by the hypothalamus, transferred through the pituitary gland, and released into the bloodstream
What is Oxytocin
500
SSRIs block the reuptake of this neurotransmitter
What is Serotonin
500
Part of the forebrain that is involved in emotion and memory
What is the Amygdala
500
Directly links the endocrine system to the nervous system
What is the hypothalamus