Parts of the brain
This person had an iron rod pass through his skull and he survived without ever losing consciousness.
Who was Phineas Gage?
This feel good neurotransmitter is responsible for motor control over voluntary movement
What is dopamine
This is a specialized cell of the nervous system that receives and transmits messages
What is a neuron?
This branch of psychology used bumps on the skull to identify personality traits
What is Phrenology?
These are root-like structures, attached to the cell-body of a neuron, that receive impulses, or incoming messages, from other neurons
What are dendrites?
This system of the brain is made up of the Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, and Amygdala.
What is the Limbic System?
During this phase of communication an action potential travels down the axon to the terminal buttons.
What is transmission?
This part of the brain is responsible for initiating voluntary motor activity. Parkinson's disease is found to occur in this region.
What is the substantia nigra
The two hemispheres of the brain are connected by this.
What is the Corpus Callosum?
During this phase of neural communication, neurotransmitters cross the synapse from the pre synaptic neuron to the post synaptic neuron.
What is the reception phase?
This portion of the brain consists of the Medulla, Pons, and Cerebellum.
What is the hindbrain?
This is the junction between the terminal buttons of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of a second neuron
What is a synapse?
This technique for studying the brain measures changes in blood oxygen levels in the brain.
What is a fMRI?
During this phase of communication, neurons assess the incoming signals.
What is integration?
The neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon.
What is an action potential