Brain Regions
This lobe is located near the front of the brain, and controls higher functions such as emotion regulation and problem solving
What is the frontal lobe?
This part of the brain is involved in our emotional and behavioral responses
What is the limbic system?
Brain cells that use electrical and chemical signals to transmit information between different parts of the brain and nervous system
What are neurons?
This disease affects the hippocampus and leads to long-term memory loss & cognitive dysfunction
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
__________ survived an explosion where a 43-inch rod went through their left cheek, brain, and skull
What is Phineas Gage?
This portion of the brain controls memory and is relevant to the Henry Molaison case
What is the hippocampus?
This bundle of neural connections links the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
Dopamine and serotonin are types of __________ which play roles in pleasure, mood regulation and memory
What are neurotransmitters?
This neuropsychological disorder is characterized by removal from reality, hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized speech.
What is schizophrenia?
Methods and devices that are used for the enhancement, alteration, or scanning of the nervous system
What is neurotechnology?
This part of the brain is primarily involved in emotion, memory, and the fight-or-flight response
The hippocampus consolidates short-term memory to long-term and is responsible for __________ memory.
What is spatial (memory)?
These fibers carries nerve impulses away from the cell body, and connects it with other neurons or with muscle or gland cells
What are axons?
__________ or mini-brains resemble the cerebral cortex in 3D structure, interactions, and cell types. They are derived from stem cells
What is cerebral organoids
__________ stimulators are implants placed in the thalamus of patients with Parkinson’s disease
What is deep brain?
This lobe deals with different aspects of vision, including depth perception and color determination
What is the occipital lobe?
The amygdala is located in the medial __________ lobe
What is temporal?
This is the process by which neurons communicate with each other — it occurs at the synaptic gap
What is an action potential?
This is a rare neurosurgical procedure in which the central hemisphere is removed
What is a hemispherotomy?
A development in the field of neurotechnology, __________ manipulates the activity of individual neurons to study motor, sensory activity and neural communication
What is optogenetics?
A structured located at the base of the head that regulates movement and balance
What is the cerebellum?
Damage to this brain region can lead to complications such as comas
What is the thalamus?
Action potentials occur when the __________ of a neuronal cell rises and falls rapidly due to an electrical impulse
What is the membrane potential?
Neurons in the __________ and __________ lobes are damaged in cases with Frontal lobe dementia
What is the frontal lobe and temporal lobe?
Who was the first to study cadavers and propose that the brain was central to the body’s functions?
What is Claudius Galenus (Galean)?