all bout the neuron
another name for a "nerve cell"
what is a neuron
the weight of the adult brain
what is 3lbs or 1.4 kg
Memory loss, dementia, depression, social withdrawal; plaques and tangles.
What are symptoms of
Alzheimer’s disease?
General term for someone who studies the nervous system.
What is a neuroscientist?
Another name for the sense of sight.
what is vision
that part of the neuron that bring info to the cell body
what is a dendrite
the two main divisions of the nervous system
what is the CNS & PNS
Disease characterized as an electrical “brainstorm.”
What is epilepsy?
Uses detection of radio frequency signals produced by displaced radio waves in a magnetic field.
What is MRI?
(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Lobe of the brain important for hearing.
What is the temporal lobe?
the part of the neuron that takes info away from the cell body
what is the axon
area of the brain responsible for thoughts, language, & planning
what is the cerebral cortex
Excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations.
What are symptoms of narcolepsy?
Electrical activity of the brain recorded with scalp or brain electrodes.
What is an EEG?
(Electroencephalography)
Sour, sweet, salty, bitter and umami.
What are the five basic tastes?
the junction between 2 neurons
what is the synapse
connects the right & left hemispheres of the brain
what is the corpus callosum
Transmitted by ticks; joint pains, chills, fever and headache.
What is Lyme disease?
Scanning method that detects radioactive material that is injected or inhaled to produce an image of the brain.
What is PET?
(Positron Emission Tomography)
Free nerve endings, Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini endings.
What are sensory receptors in the skin?
The explosion of electrical activity sent down an axon when a neuron sends information.
what is the action potential
Name of the man who survived after an iron rod went through the frontal lobe of his brain in 1848.
Who is Phineas Gage?
Weakness, paralysis, death of neurons in the motor cortex and spinal cord; named for a famous baseball player.
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Brain scan that uses a series of X-ray beams passed through the head.
What is a CT scan? (Computed Tomography Scan)
Location of photoreceptors in the eye.
What is the retina?