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Areas of the Brain
Neurotransmitters
Dopamine
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This is the basic functional unit of the nervous system
What is the Neuron
100
This area is known as the "little brain"
What is the cerebellum.
100
This neurotransmitter is excitatory.
What is Glutimate
100
Dopamine binds to:
What is dopamine receptor.
100
How old is Lori?
What is 49.
200
The electrical impulse that neurons use to transmit information.
What is an action potential
200
This system is responsible for the generation of emotional connections to objects and places.
What is the Limbic System
200
This neurotransmitter is seen as inhibitory.
What is GABA.
200
What happens to the total number of dopamine receptors after chronic overstimulation of dopamine release?
What is decrease.
200
What year was Mt. Rushmore completed in?
What is 1941.
300
This is the anatomical area where an action potential is generated.
What is the axon hillock
300
Area of the brain that is responsible for executive functioning and decision making.
What is the frontal cortex
300
Neurotransmitters are released by fusing _______ to the synaptic membrane.
What are vessicles
300
True or False: Dopamine not needed for normal brain functions?
What is False
300
This is a term for a lack of blood supply to the heart.
What is Ischemia
400
This is the basic resting membrane potential for a neuron.
What is 70 mV
400
This is the part of the limbic system that associates emotional responses to objects.
What is the Amygdala.
400
Dopamine is a member of the family of neurotransmitters called
What is Enkephalins
400
A lack of dopamine, or the inability to respond to dopamine can lead to what kind of mood state.
What is depression, agressiveness, disinterest
400
In what year did Colorado become a state?
What is 1876 (Known as the Centennial State)
500
These are the technical names for the neuron sending and the neuron receiving a neurotransmitter signal.
What is presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons
500
This neurotransmitter is responsible for regulating a persons sleep/wake cycle.
What is Serotonin.
500
What are two ways that dopamine can be removed from the synaptic cleft?
What is diffusion, breakdown, reuptake.
500
P53 is a protein commonly mutated in cancer, and is part of a family of proteins called:
What is Tumor Suppressors.