Brain Regions
Synaptic Plasticity
Fun Facts
100
This strip of cortex controls voluntary movement and is especially enlarged in people who practice fine motor skills
What is the primary motor cortex?
100
This type of long-lasting increase in synaptic strength is often studied in the hippocampus and underlies learning and memory.
What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
100
This term is used for a distorted human figure used to map the brain's sensory and motor cortex areas
What is the cortical homunculus?
200
This brain region is often compared to the shape of a seahorse. 
What is the hippocampus?
200
Chronic treatment with this Parkinson's medication can cause maladaptive synaptic plasticity and altered NMDA receptor function on striatal neurons.
What is levodopa (L-DOPA)?
200
This chronic condition (pictured below) is a negative outcome of certain high risk sports.
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
300
A ridge or fold on the surface of the brain's cerebral cortex, surrounded by grooves called sulci
What is a gyrus?
300
These two dendritic spine types are considered immature.
What are thin and filopodium spines?
300
The speed of a nerve impulse from your fingertip toward your brain (in m/s or mph).
What is 50 to 60 m/s or 110-135 mph.