An electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals in the brain.
What is Neuron
100
A state of low mood and lack of motivation that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being
What is Depression
100
Drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other conditions, including dysthymia, anxiety disorders, etc.
What is Antidepressants
100
?% of the Canadian population aged 15 years and over reported symptoms that met the criteria for a mood disorder in the previous 12 months
What is 5%
100
Average weight of the brain in pounds
What is 3lbs
200
A junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
What is Synapse
200
A disorder with both positive and negative symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, social withdrawal, lack of motivation, etc.
What is Schizophrenia
200
A class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
What is Antipsychotics
200
This disorder has a gender imbalance, with almost twice as many women being diagnosed than men.
What is Depression
200
Brain information moves anywhere between 1 mph and an impressive ? miles per hour.
What is 268
300
When the membrane potential of a specific axon location rapidly rises and falls: this depolarisation then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarise.
What is Action Potential
300
A mental disorder that causes periods of depression and periods of elevated mood (mania).
What is Bipolar Disorder
300
A type of behavior therapy designed to make a patient give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.
What is Aversion Therapy
300
?% prevalence rate for bipolar disorder.
What is 1.5%
300
Humans don’t have the biggest brains. That honor belongs to sperm whales with ? pound brains.
What is 17
400
An area responsible for processing of memory, decision-making, and emotional reactions, especially fear.
What is Amygdala
400
A mental disorder where people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly (called "rituals"), or have certain thoughts repeatedly.
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
400
Development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems and changing unhelpful patterns in cognitions (e.g. thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes), behaviors, and emotional regulation.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
400
Number of weeks needed to have a have depressive symptoms in order to get a diagnosis
What is Two
400
a highly selective semipermeable membrane barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain extracellular fluid in the central nervous system (CNS)
What is Blood Brain Barrier
500
A neurotransmitter with the precursor tryptophan, and it is responsible for the regulation of mood, appetite, and sleep
What is Serotonin
500
persistent mild depression
What is Dysthymia
500
Often referred to as shock treatment, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy
500
Most commonly, schizophrenia occurs between the ages of ? to 30
What is 16
500
a disorder usually starting in old age caused by brain disease and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.