Brain Blast!
This lobe of the brain processes visual information.
What is the Occipital Lobe?
This part of the neuron receives incoming messages.
What are the Dendrites?
The brain and spinal cord make up this nervous system.
What is the Central Nervous System?
These drugs depress or inhibit brain activity.
What are Depressants?
This stage of sleep is characterized by rapid eye movements
What is REM sleep?
Damage to this part of the brain makes it harder to form memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This is a substance that mimics the effects of a neurotransmitter.
What is an agonist?
This part of the Autonomic nervous system arouses the body.
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
These drugs distort perceptions.
What are Hallucinogens?
This sleep disorder is characterized by problems falling asleep or staying asleep.
What is Insomnia?
This part of the Forebrain acts as the sensory switchboard.
What is the Thalumus?
This neurotransmitter is associated with feelings of pleasure and motivation
What is Dopamine?
This part of the Autonomic Nervous System calms the body down.
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
Cocaine blocks the reuptake of a certain neurotransmitter so it is apart of this type of drug.
What are Stimulants?
This sleep disorder is characterized by repeated stops in breathing while sleeping.
What is Sleep Apnea?
Damage to this part of the frontal lobe may impair speech production.
What is Broca's area?
Too little of this neurotransmitter can cause depression.
What is Serotonin?
This system includes all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
This when you experience a reduced responsiveness to a drug that prompts you to increase the dose.
What is Tolerance?
This stage of sleep is when you are in a deep sleep and your brain produces delta waves.
What is NREM-3?
This is the brain's ability to change or adapt.
What is Brain Plasticity?
This is the principle in which the neuron fires completely down the axon or not at all
What is the "All-or-Nothing" Principle?
This system, a part of the Peripheral Nervous System, controls voluntary movements.
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
This is the discomfort that follows a person when they stop using a drug.
What is Withdrawal?
This theory suggests that the brain tries to interpret random neural firings during REM sleep.
What is Activation Synthesis Theory?