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This brain structure helps promote sleep by projecting inhibitory GABA neurons.
What is the VLPO?
This neurotransmitter’s receptors are directly targeted by nicotine.
What is acetylcholine?
This brain area is significantly reduced in size in Alzheimer’s disease.
What is the basal forebrain?
This hormone is released by the adrenal glands as part of the stress response.
What is cortisol?
This research tool is used to study spatial learning in rodents by requiring them to find a hidden platform in water
What is the Morris Water Maze?
The hormone released from the pineal gland to regulate circadian rhythms.
What is melatonin?
The process by which the liver converts active drugs into non-active chemicals
What is metabolism?
People with highly superior autobiographical memory often have larger-than-average volumes of this brain structure.
What is the caudate nucleus?
The neural mechanism thought to underlie empathy.
What is the mirror neuron system?
This behavioral syndrome includes symptoms like lack of fear and inappropriate sexual behavior.
What is Kluver-Bucy syndrome?
This term describes spending more time in REM sleep after a period of deprivation.
What is REM rebound?
This type of tolerance occurs when target tissues become less reactive to a drug.
What is functional tolerance?
This brain region is associated with emotional memories, like the fear of a snake.
What is the amygdala?
The stress response is mediated by this axis.
What is the HPA axis?
Korsakoff's syndrome, often caused by chronic alcohol abuse, is primarily due to a deficiency in this vitamin.
What is thiamine?
The term for a condition in which sleep is disrupted due to repeated breathing interruptions.
What is sleep apnea?
This neurotransmitter is mimicked by THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
What is anandamide?
The physical representation of memory sought by Karl Lashley.
What is the engram?
The theory of emotion that states, “My heart races, and I feel the emotion of fear.”
What is the James-Lange theory?
This specific wave activity is prominent in REM sleep and thought to be involved in dream formation.
What is PGO activity?
This brain wave pattern is characteristic of deep, slow-wave sleep.
What are delta waves?
This drug's primary action is to increase serotonin release and inhibit its reuptake.
What is MDMA/Ecstasy?
This type of amnesia results from a blow to the head without penetrating the skull.
What is posttraumatic amnesia
These fleeting facial expressions reveal genuine emotions that briefly "leak" through.
What are microexpressions?
This sleep condition involves acting out dreams due to a lack of muscle paralysis.
What is REM behavior disorder? (specifically the nucleus magnocellularis)