Neuroanatomy
The opposite of contralateral
Is dopamine excitatory or inhibitory?
Excitatory
The drug type that blocks the endogenous ligand from binding to the receptor.
What is an antagonist?
This is the primary diagnostic tool for diagnosing psychiatric conditions
What is the DSM?
The name for the gap between two neurons
What is the synapse?
This largest part of the brain is responsible for thinking, memory, and voluntary movement.
What is cerebrum?
This is the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.
The type of amnesia that involves an inability to form new memories.
What is anterograde amnesia?
The period of time just after an action potential where another action potential cannot be fired
What is the refractory period?
The brain lobe anterior to the occipital lobe.
What is the temporal lobe?
What is norepinephrine?
A memory-related disease characterized by the accumulation of tangles and plaques.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This test records electrical activity in the brain via electrodes touching the scalp?
What is EEG?
This type of glial cell forms the blood brain barrier
What is astrocytes?
The term for the top of the head in the cerebral cortex, and means towards the back in the spinal cord.
What is Dorsal?
This neurotransmitter is important for muscle contraction and memory formation.
What is AcH?
The autoimmune disorder that attacks CNS myelin.
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
This technique combines use of magnetic fields and blood flow measurement
What is fMRI?
What is implicit memory?
The limbic system brain structure in the medial temporal lobe, posterior to the amygdala.
What is the hippocampus?
The neurotransmitter can affect pain perception and is released during stress or exercise
What is endorphins?
A lesion in this area causes loss in peripheral vision.
What is the optic chiasm?
This brain wave is visible on an EEG during wakefulness
Beta waves
These two characteristics are visible on an EEG during NREM 2 sleep
What are K-complexes and sleep spindles?