Depression and Anxiety
Does anxiety disorders or depression disorder have a higher rate/percentage in substance abuse within our world?
Anxiety Disorders (3.76%) - depression disorder comes in second place as it ranks 3.44% of the world.
Is there a cure for Parkinson’s disease?
No
Is addiction a long-term disease?
YES
What cells use electrical impulses and chemical signals to foster communication between different parts of the brain?
Neurons
Length of 1 sleep cycle?
60-90 minutes
What is the difference in anxiety and fear?
Anxiety is an inappropriate response to a non- threatening situation, while fear is an appropriate emotional response to a threatening/dangerous situation
What are the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease?
Memory loss or confusion
What kind of disease is addiction considered?
a brain disease
Which part of the brain is located in the temporal lobe and is responsible for storing, processing, encoding, and interpreting emotions?
Amygdala
What percent of sleep are you in REM sleep?
25%
What NeuroTransmitters are being activated when someone is dealing with depression and the cause it has on the brain?
1. Dopamine - affects their alertness
2. Norepinephrine - affects someone's concentration and execution
3. Serotonin - affects the satisfaction when doing something or feeling something
What changes in the brain when you have Parkinson’s disease?
loss of nerve cells (neurons) or they die
How does addiction affect the brain?
it changes the way the brain functions and damages the cells
Which part of the brain is located in the limbic system and plays a major role in learning and memory?
Hippocampus
What stage of sleep do you have vivid dreams?
REM
What are the two depression types found within the human body?
1. Garden Variety - lasts 2 weeks (self resolving)
2. Major Depressive Disorder - treatments through medication and lasts over 2 weeks
What happens to the brain when someone has Alzheimers disease?
brain cells die and regions of the brain shrink
What part of the brain causes addiction?
the mesolimbic dopamine pathway or the reward circuit of the brain
This part of the brain is part of the motor system and primarily responsible for maintaining balance and control.
Cerebellum
Cerebrospinal Fluid decreases during deep sleep. TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE
When looking at the brain when dealing with anxiety, between the two cortex’s: Prefrontal cortex and the Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex, which one enhances anxiety and which one tempers anxiety? Bonus 100 points added at the end if you can also name what the two circuits fee into!
The prefrontal cortex: tempers anxiety - it is in the center of your brain allowing you to have rational and logical thought but when anxiety happens a human prefrontal cortex tempers down the anxiety by bringing up new and different memories within the brain, the Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex - It helps amplify all the negative information and what you are surrounded and surrounding yourself by and makes you only focus and pay attention to the negatives around you enhancing your anxiety and causing it to build and overreact more than someone without anxiety viewing the same situation.
Which country has the most diagnosed people with Alzheimers?
Finland
What are the four theories of addiction?
compulsion, cravings, consequences, and control
This region of the brain is responsible for producing and processing language (language comprehension, interpreting body language, hand gestures, syntax, and semantics)
Broca's Area
What does REM stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement