Chemi Bois
First named enteramine, this tryptophan-derived neurotransmitter is found in both the CNS and PNS.
What is serotonin?
An "explosion" of electrical current that allows for neuronal communication.
What is an action potential?
This psychologist was the first Russian Nobel laureate and highly influential for his work regarding dogs, bells, and food.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This lobe is important for your sense of sight and is home to V1.
What is the occipital lobe?
This class of therapeutics is the most commonly prescribed for depressive and anxiety disorders.
What is SSRIs?
These two neurotransmitters are derived from the shared amino acid tyrosine.
What are dopamine and norepinephrine?
These branch-like structures receive inputs from different cells via their receptors.
What are dendrites?
In a highly unethical study, this old-school psychologist conditioned Little Albert to fear rats by using classical Pavlovian principles.
Who is John B. Watson?
An iron rod to this lobe of Phineas Gage's brain surprisingly spared his life but resulted in altered mood and personality.
What is the frontal lobe?
The song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is thought to have been written by John Lennon while he was under the influence of this drug.
What is LSD?
The enzyme glutamate decarboxylase catalyzes the conversion of this neurotransmitter into this neurotransmitter.
What are glutamate and GABA?
This part of a neuron integrates input from the dendrites and cell bodies, serving as the "threshold sensor" for an action potential.
What is the axon hillock?
These experiments highlighted how difficult it is to disobey authority figures, even at the expense of significantly harming strangers.
What are the Milgram experiments?
Home to the primary auditory cortex, this lobe is important in speech detection and comprehension.
What is the temporal lobe?
The opioids thebaine, codeine, and morphine are all found endogenously and derived from this neurotransmitter.
What is dopamine?
A neglected member of the monamine family, this neurotransmitter is important arousal, sleep, and memory.
What is histamine?
The activity of these ion channels is necessary for the ultimate release of neurotransmitters. Their ligand is used as a proxy for neural activity.
What are voltage-gated calcium channels?
The effect is a type of cognitive bias. It can explain why we view someone "attractive" in a more positive light when they've done something less than optimal.
What is the Halo Effect?
Damage to this lobe will have you feeling a little out of touch with your spatial surroundings.
What is the parietal lobe?
While both ketamine and this drug are NMDAR antagonists, they can produce polar opposite behaviors.
What is PCP (Angel Dust)?
This neuropeptide is involved in mediating prosocial behaviors, childbirth, and antidepressant effects.
What is oxytocin?
These protrusions are necessary for creating and maintaining connections between neurons. They are highly plastic and their strength, size, and shape mediate LTP and LTD.
What is UCLA?
This cortex is a portion of the frontal cortex, folded deeply within the lateral sulcus. It is especially important in responding to environmental triggers for drug addiction.
What is the insular cortex (or lobe)?
While cocaine inhibits monoamine reuptake, the amphetamines and MDMA induce efflux by binding both these transporters.
What are the plasma membrane monoamine transporters and VMAT2?