Nervous System
Carries messages to and from the central nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System
speaking, muscle movements, planning, judgment and decision making
frontal lobe
Primary Inhibitory massenger
GABA
Controls voluntary muscles and transmits sensory messages to the CNS
Somatic Nervous System
integrating sensory information, knowledge of numbers and their relations, and manipulation of objects, and spatial vision
parietal lobe
Primary excitatory messenger
Glutamate
controls involuntary body functions
autonomic nervous system
Visual processing center
occipital lobe
Pain perception and positive emotions
Endorphins
arouses body to expend energy (fear reactions)
sympathetic nervous system
Auditory processing, memory, emotion, language comprehension
temporal lobe
Movement, thought processes, and rewarding sensations
dopamine
calms the body to conserve and maintain energy
parasympathetic nervous system
the four lobes of the brain are all a part of the...
Cerebral cortex
Learning, memory, and muscle contractions
Acetylcholine