Numbers Game
Approximately (this) percent of the body's blood supply is pumped to the brain.
20%
(This) is a neurotransmitter involved in sleeping and eating.
Serotonin
The long, singular fiber leaving the cell body is (this)...Studies have been rather choppy, however.
Axon
Recent research indicates that the ratio of glial cells to neurons is approximately (this) to (this)
1:1
Acetycholine is a neurotransmitter implicated in the memory losses associated with (this) disease.
Alzheimer's Disease
The brain consumes approximately (this) percent of the body's oxygen.
25%
(This structure) in the central core is involved in sleep and dreaming.
The Pons
It is possible for people to be conscious during brain surgery because our brain does not carry (these) receptors...Ouch?
Pain Receptors
Within neurons, communication is (this). Between neurons, communication is (this).
Electrical and Chemical
(This) part of the neuron decides whether or not information should be passed on to other neurons.
The Cell Body
Impulses can travel as fast as (this) many miles per hour.
200
(These) lobes of the brain are important for planning, decision making, and personality.
Frontal
(This) poison initially acts as an agonist for acetylcholine or "ACh" by causing its continuous release...You think it will feature in the new Marvel film?
Black Widow Venom.
For any particular neuron, an/a "(this)-or-(this)" event refers to the fact that all impulses travel at the same speed, no matter how intense a stimulus is.
"all or nothing"
(This) is a naturally occurring chemical in our nervous system that specializes in transmitting information.
Neurotransmitter
The human brain is estimated to consist of approximately (this many) nerve cells.
100 billion
(This) is the part of the brain coordinating movement as the basal ganglia is to initiating movement.
Cerebellum
(This) system plays an important role in our survival, emotion, and memory...Sometimes it costs us an arm and a leg.
Limbic System
In studying the brain, (this) technique involves the detection of radioactive substances, and (this) technique involves the detection of the amount of oxygen being used by brain areas.
PET Scan and an fMRI.
(This individual) called the father of neuroscience, won the Nobel Prize in 1906 for discovering synapses.
Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The synaptic gap is so small that (this many) synaptic gaps would fill one strand of human hair.
2000
(This individual) proposed that there are different brain systems for different emotions.
Joseph LeDoux
(This) is an insulating layer of a white fatty substance...swords out!...or in considering the answer.
Myelin Sheath
An impairment in generating fluent speech is called (this) aphasia, whereas an impairment in language comprehension is called (this) aphasia.
Broca's and Wernicke's
In (this) theory of emotion, the physiological arousal and behavioral response precede the emotional feeling.
James-Lange Theory