Structure of a neuron
An extension of a neuron that receives information
What is a dendrite?
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neuroscience cognition and behavior
Neurotransmitters are what kind of messenger?
What is chemical?
The central nervous system is made up of these structures
What are the brain and spinal cord?
This part of the eye contains photoreceptors called rods and cones that convert light into neural signals.
What is the retina?
The extension of a neuron that sends information to the next neuron
What is the axon?
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Who is Dr. Dwyer?
The neurotransmitter located at the neuromuscular junction
What is acetylcholine?
This branch of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary muscle movement.
What is the somatic nervous system?
These are the 5 taste qualities humans can detect.
What is umami, sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Fatty, whitish material surrounding axons that speed up the electrical impulse
What is myelin?
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Sometimes referred to as the "happy chemical", it is targeted for increase by most anti-depressant drugs
What is serotonin?
This part of the motor or efferent division of the peripheral nervous system controls involuntary responses. Think your body on "autopilot".
What is the autonomic nervous system?
These specialized sensory receptors detect tissue damage and are responsible for the sensation of pain.
What are nociceptors?
Cells surrounding the axon that make myelin in the pns
What are Schwann cells?
In the NCB department who are some participants for the research labs.
What are humans, rats, and zebrafish.
This neurotransmitter is delivered via the EpiPen when someone is experiencing a severe allergic reaction
What is epinephrine?
The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system is engaged when you are scared or nervous. What is this response called?
What is the "flight or fight" response?
The major pathway that carries pain and temperature information from the body to the brain.
What are the spinothalamic tract?
This is where action potentials are typically initiated because of its high density of voltage-gated sodium channels.
What is the axon hillock?
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The most common excitatory neurotransmitter of your nervous system. It is most abundant in the brain.
What is glutamate?
This nervous system is a complex, autonomous network of neurons in the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes called the “second brain,” that regulates digestion and communicates with the central nervous system.
What is the enteric nervous system?
This cranial nerve provides major parasympathetic input to the gut and carries sensory information from internal organs to the brain.
What is the vagus nerve.