Intro to Neuro
The control center of the body.
What is the brain.
This is the definition of emotions in your notes. from lesson 2.
What are brain and body responses.
The Pineal Gland releases this hormone to regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
What is Melatonin.
Alzheimer's disease mainly affects adults over this age.
What is 50?
Trauma happens when something harmful, scary, or overwhelming affects how your brain and this system work.
What is the body.
These three things make up the nervous system.
What are the brain, spinal cord, nerves.
One reason we have emotions.
what is: 1. Motivate actions 2. Communicate with others 3. Guide Decisions 4. Help us survive
This brain structure reduces incoming sensory information so that you can stay asleep.
What is the Thalamus.
People with the inattention type of ADHD have trouble with this.
What is paying attention.
A mild TBI caused by a sports injury is commonly known as this.
What is a concussion.
This part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons.
What is the dendrite.
These are the three responses to stress.
what are fight, flight, freeze.
In Stage 2 sleep, the brain begins blocking out this type of information to help you stay asleep.
What is external or sensory information.
Schizophrenia is this type of disorder, meaning it is not developed randomly.
What is genetic.
A mild TBI caused by a sports injury is commonly known as this.
What is whiplash.
This is function of motor neurons.
What is carrying commands from the brain to the muscles.
These structures are part of the limbic system.
What are the amygdala and the hippocampus.
Sleep helps the brain do these three things with information.
What is store, organize, and strengthen it.
In Alzheimer’s, plaques are made of beta‑amyloid and tangles are made of this protein.
What is Tau.
A TBI causes physical damage to the brain such as shearing, bruising and?
What is tearing.
These are two types of signals that neurons send.
What are chemical and electrical signals.
This is the difference between how kids and adults experience stress.
What is kids have trouble focusing, are more irritable, and experience changes in their normal behavior. Adults show stress with constant worrying, feeling overwhelmed, have difficulty managing emotions.
Levels of these brain chemicals that control wakefulness and sleep are adjusted during the night.
What are neurotransmitters.
This is a different name for adrenaline.
What is norepinephrine.
Movement in the skull may cause disruption in communication of this in the brain.
What are nerves.