Classical conditioning and learning
A molecule that transmits signals from one neuron to another across the synapse
What is a neurotransmitter?
Part of the nervous system containing the brain and spinal cord
central nervous system
A system is made of neurons and using neurotransmitters to send signals
What is the nervous system?
Foods we eat are broken down into ______, which is the simple form of sugar that circulates in our blood and fuels our cells.
What is glucose?
What is the fight-or-flight response?
This neurotransmitter is associated with positive feelings of reward and helps facilitate learning
What is dopamine?
This part of the nervous system takes in information and stimulus from the world like color, smell and taste and transmits signals to the brain.
What is sensory nervous system?
These structures that produce hormones
What are glands?
This organ produces both insulin and glucagon
The process of removing stressors in order to reduce feelings of anxiety, like staying inside to avoid any potential encounters with bugs
What is accommodating anxiety?
A word for an input or piece of information received by the nervous system
What is a stimulus?
The part of the motor nervous system that manages involuntary movement, usually without conscious thought
What is autonomic nervous system?
What is the nervous system?
This hormone takes glucose from the bloodstream and stores it as glycogen in the liver and muscles
What is insulin?
When an individual has feelings of anxiety, and their response to those feelings gets in the way of everyday life or creates its own problems
What is an anxiety disorder?
This is a stimulus that was previously neutral, such as a red light or a bell, that has become associated with another event such a receiving an electric shock.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
This part of the nervous system up-regulates critical functions like heart rate and breathing rate resulting in the fight-or-flight response
What is sympathetic nervous system?
This system, contain the pituitary gland, controls the process of puberty
What is the endocrine system?
This sequence of successive activation reactions involving multiple hormone systems triggering each other in a specific pattern or set of steps.
What is a hormone cascade?
This hormone is involved in fight-or-flight responses to immediate danger, but high levels of it over time exacerbate chronic conditions like digestive problems.
What is cortisol?
This system slows heart rate and respiratory rate to down-regulate the body into "rest and digest" mode.
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
This system sends signals through the bloodstream and can act in any part of the body that has the correct receptors.
What is the endocrine system?
These hormones can pass through the cell wall and bind to receptors inside the cell
What are lipid-soluble or fat-soluble hormones?