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Brain People
Parts of the Brain
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Neurotransmitters
Nervous System Generally
100
She literally lost half a brain.
Who is Brandi Binder?
100
When a tamping rod went through his brain, it affected these lobes.
What are the frontal lobes?
100
After 150 years of study, no one knows what causes people to be like this.
Why are some people left handed?
100
Phineas Gage experienced little pain probably because of this NT.
What is an endorphin?
100
This is basically the brain and the spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
200
They usually had severe epilepsy, leading to this.
Why would anyone sever their corpus callosum?
200
It lets your right brain know what your left hand is feeling.
What is the corpus callosum?
200
It receives information and transmits it throughout the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
200
This substance mimics the action of a NT and tries to fit in the lock.
What is agonist?
200
It affects the automatic functions of life, like breathing.
What is autonomic nervous system?
300
He could draw with both hands because his association areas were separated.
Who is Joe the Split-brain patient?
300
Most of our language skills, spoken, written, or sign language, reside here.
What is the left hemisphere of the brain?
300
It's the gap in the myelin sheath that helps speed up transmission.
What is the Node of Ranvier?
300
This substance tries to block the receptors of a NT giving it more time to work.
What is the process of reuptake?
300
It handles voluntary actions of the body.
What is the somatic nervous system?
400
Some of them are in their right minds.
Who are left handed people?
400
We see with our eyes and this portion of our brain (which is over 1/3rd of our brain tissue!)
What is the occipital lobe (containing the primary visual cortex)?
400
It is the name for damage to the myelin sheath.
What is demyelenation (or multiple sclerosis)?
400
It affects sleep and mood, may affect aggression.
What is the NT serotonin?
400
You get a headache and your stomach is churning. This part of the nervous system has 'overdone' it's job.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
500
He studies how people function after a split brain operation.
Who is Michael Gazzaniga?
500
Small, but mighty, this structure helps us understand our own emotions and that of others.
What is the amygdala?
500
It mimics morphine and heroin.
What is an endorphin?
500
Whoo-hoo! This NT affects muscle and movement and hits on a lot of pleasure sites. Many, many illicit drugs tickle this NT.
What is dopamine?
500
Tom raises his right hand. What controls it and what's the name for this?
What is the left hemisphere and what is contralateral control?