Elderly Brain Structures
Neurotransmitters
The Right and Left
Nervous Systems
The Cortex
100
The brain stem includes three important sections: the reticular formation, the pons, and this
What is the medulla
100
This enables muscle action, learning, and memory
What is Acetylcholine
100
This is mostly responsible for perceptual tasks
What is the right hemisphere
100
There are just two parts to this, the brain and the spinal cord, simple right?
What is the central nervous system
100
There are four lobes that divide each hemisphere's cortex: the frontal, temporal, occipital, and this
What is the parietal lobe
200
Just below the thalamus
What is the hypothalamus
200
This influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
What is Dopamine
200
People who have split brains can simultaneously do this (we tried it once unsuccessfully)
What is draw two different shapes
200
It doesn't understand and appreciate your emotional feelings, but it can arouse you and tell your body to expend energy
What is the sympathetic nervous system
200
The motor cortex is located at the rear of this lobe
What is the frontal lobe
300
These are two neural clusters linked to aggression and fear. They also look like lima-beans
What is the amygdala
300
An under supply of this can cause depression
What is Serotonin
300
This is mostly responsible for speech and calculations
What is the left hemisphere
300
A cluster of neurons
What is a neural network
300
These occupy one of the largest regions on the sensory cortex map
What are the lips
400
This literally means "little brain"
What is the cerebellum
400
The major inhibitory neurotransmitter is abbreviated as this
What is GABA
400
The large band of neural fibers connection the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them
What is the Corpus Callosum
400
You do not have to waste your time consciously telling your body to digest food thanks to this
What is the autonomic nervous system
400
MRI scans of schizophrenic people reveal active auditory areas in this lobe during auditory hallucinations
What is the temporal lobe
500
The hippocampus is most closely linked to this
What is memory
500
These are responsible for a phenomenon known as "runners high"
What are endorphins
500
These are surgically created in order to stop severe seizures between the two cerebral hemispheres
What are split brains
500
This allows you to voluntarily hit a baseball, or your friend
What is the somatic nervous system
500
Neurons are to queen bees, as these are to worker bees
What are glial cells
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