Neuroanatomy
Neural Transmission
Behavioral Effects
Consciousness
Random Facts
100
Structures that are information 'receivers'
What are Dendrites
100
Type of neurons that carry information to the brain
What are Sensory neurons
100
Was the first technique used to determine brain function
What is Brain Damage
100
What happens when someone says your name from across a crowded room and you shift your attention immediately
What is the cocktail party effect
100
Won best picture at the Academy Awards this year, 2013
What is Argo
200
Part of a neuron housing genetic information
What is Soma/Cell Body
200
Generated in 'all-or-none' fashion
What is Action Potential
200
Damage to this lobe of the brain affects judgement and decision making
What is Frontal
200
This is essential for setting priorities of mental functioning
What is Attention
200
Attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan
Who is John Hinckley Jr.
300
CNS 'Support' cells
What are Glia
300
Is the primary neurotransmitter in muscle contraction
What is Acetylcholine
300
These are released from the endocrine system and affect human behavior
What is Hormone
300
These drugs are used to help patients with depression and anxiety
What are antidepressants
300
Technical term for a cat's hairball
What is a bezoar
400
Limbic system structure implicated in emotion
What is The amygdala
400
Is the neurotransmitter implicated in Parkinson's Disease
What is Dopamine
400
Damage to this lobe of the brain affects judgement and decision making
What is Frontal
400
As a result of a brain injury, Fletcher Stone (in House) experienced language and speech disorders
What is aphasia and dysgraphia
500
A neurotransmitter most frequently involved in regulating anxiety.
What is Gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA)
500
Contains 70 billion of the 100 billion neurons in the CNS
What is Cerebellum
500
The subsystem of the PNS affecting the heart rate, digestion, and other internal functions
What is Autonomic
500
An alcoholic can safely go withdrawal if they have the help from drugs that act similarly in the brain and body
What are benzodiazepines and/or barbiturates
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