Parts of a Neuron
Neurotransmitters
Nervous System
The Brain
Specialization
100
Axon
What is the long, filled tube that carries a neuron's message
100
Endorphins
What neurotransmitter is involved in perception pain
100
Central Nervous System
What system includes the brain and spinal cord
100
Hindbrain, Midbrain, and Forebrain
What are the main structures of the brain
100
Localization
What idea states different functions are located in different area of the brain
200
Cell-body
What contains the cell nucleus, processes nutrients and provides energy for the cell
200
GABA
What neurotransmitter is involved in anxiety and bipolar
200
Autonomic Nervous System
What is the subdivision of peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary bodily functions
200
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital and Temporal
What are the lobes of the cortex
200
Lateralization
What is the idea that the left and right hemispheres perform different functions
300
Synapse
What is the point of communication between neurons
300
Dopamine
What neurotransmitter is involved in movement, thinking process, feelings of reward, and Parkinson's Disease
300
Peripheral Nervous System
What is the division of the nervous system that includes all the nerves outside of the central nervous system
300
Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, and Amygdala
What are the structures of the limbic system
300
Broca's Area
What is associated with the ability to produce speech, but not comprehend speech
400
Dendrite
What are the short fibers that extends from the cell body that receives information from other neurons
400
Serotonin
What neurotransmitter is involved in perception, sleep, emotions, depression
400
Sympathetic Nervous System
What is the subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that produces physical arousal to deal with threats to survival(fight or flight)
400
Contralaterally organized
What does it mean when the sensory and motor information affects the left side of your body is processed in the right side of your brain
400
Split-brain studies
What are operations that were performed to control seizures cause by epilepsy
500
Myelin Sheath
What has a fatty covering around axons that increases communication speed
500
Acetylcholine
What neurotransmitter is involved in learning, memory, muscle movement, and Alzheimer's Disease
500
Parasymphetic Nervous System
What is the subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that conserves energy and maintains or restores normal body functions
500
Gray Matter
What is made up of neuron cell bodies, while the inner white area is made up of axons extending into the brain
500
Neurogenesis
What is the creation of new neurons
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