Misc
Amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain surface.
What is an E.E.G. (Electroencephalogram)?
This controls heartbeat and breathing.
What is the Medulla?
A nerve network in the brainstem; filters information.
What is Reticular Formation?
This top/back section of the brain controls the sensory input of touch.
What is/are the Parietal Lobes?
Brain tissue destruction; natural or experimental.
What is a Lesion?
A type of drug that mimics a neurotransmitter.
What is an agonist?
This part of the brain coordinates movement.
What are the Pons?
The nervous system is composed of over 100 billion of these little things.
What are neurons?
This bottom/back section of the brain helps process visual information.
What is/are the Occipital Lobes?
Receptor sites for neurotransmitters are selective. This is commonly known as this mechanism.
What is lock and key?
Transmission of information inside a neuron is electrical, but between the neurons it is this...
What is chemical?
This part of the brain controls emotions.
What is the Amygdala?
The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
What is the Corpus Callosum?
Located in the front of parietal lobes, this registers and processes body touch and movement sensations.
What is the sensory cortex?
The brain’s ability to modify itself after tissue damage.
What is Plasticity?
The process of reabsorbing unused neurotransmitters is known as this.
What is reuptake?
What is the Thalamus?
Oldest part of the brain; accounts for automatic survival functions. Often referred to as the old brain.
What is the Brainstem?
Phineas Gage injured this specific part of his brain.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
This is the brain’s left and right hemispheres serve different physiological and cognitive functions
What is Lateralization?
This reveals brain activity via blood flow.
What is an f.M.R.I. (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?
This part of the brain deals with maintenance activities and activation of various systems.
What is the Hypothalamus?
This part of the brain controls the muscle movements involved in speech
What is Broca's Area
Any area of the cerebral cortex not associated with receiving sensory information or controlling muscle movements is called a(n) _________
What are the Association Areas?
Neurons transmitters can have one of these two effects.
What is inhibitory or excitatory?