Brain Basics
Nerve fibers that connect the left and right hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
Sense that does not go through the thalamus
What is smell?
Moving muscles is controlled by this portion of the nervous system
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
Turns short term memory into long term memory
Another name for language disorders
What is aphasia?
Ion channels that open during repolarization
What are potassium ion (K+) channels?
Small sensory hair cells in the ear
Area in the brain that is affected in Parkinson's disease
What is the substantia nigra?
What is the parietal lobe or the prefrontal cortex (PFC)?
Most common inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is GABA?
Drug to relieve pain
What is an analgesic?
What is akinesis?
modulates flight of fight response
BONUS POINTS
Name the disease which describes impaired facial recognition and the area that is affected
What is prosopagnosia and the facial fusiform area?
Releases hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
Five categories of taste detected by taste buds
What are sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami (savory)?
Tells the brain about how fast and long a muscle is stretching
What are muscle spindles?
A smaller increase in the concentration of calcium ions causes
What is long term depression (LTD)?
Orbitofrontal cortex is involved with
What is reward pathways, addiction, or social behaviors?
Made up of parts of the midbrain and forebrain, control complex body movements
What is the basal ganglia?
Area of the thalamus which processes vision
What is the lateral geniculate nucleus?
Disease cause by a lack of inhibitory neurons in the basal ganglia
Processes procedural memories
What is the cerebellum?
FOXP2 is strongly expressed here
What is the dorsal striatum?