Neurons
The Brain
Neurotransmitters
Nature V Nurture
Drugs and Nervous System
100

Part of the neuron which sends chemical messages into the synapse

What is the axon terminal?

100

Portion of the brain referred to as "Lizard Brain"

What is the hindbrain?

100

Neurotransmitter linked to joy

What is dopamine?

100

genetic, biological blueprint of a person (DNA)

What is nature?

100

Drugs which speed up bodily functions

What are stimulants?

200

Part of neuron that receives chemical messages from the synapse

What is dendrites?

200

Lobe of brain which interprets visual sensory information

What is the occipital lobe?

200

_______________ are any chemical which impact neurotransmitters

What are drugs?

200

everything not in the DNA, including support, caring, nutrition, trauma

What is nurture?

200

Drugs which slow down bodily functions?

What are depressants?

300

Part of neuron which insulates the axon

What is myelin?

300

Man who took iron rod through the brain

Who is Phineas Gage?

300

_____refers to something which operating below its ideal functioning level

What is depressed/depression?

300

occuring sponanteously and resulting in a condition new to a family line

What is (genetic) mutation?

300

Alcohol impairs judgement and rational thinking skills because it impacts this part of the brain

What is frontal lobe?

400

Name of the space between neurons 

What is synapse?

400

Part of the brain which forms a bridge between the hemispheres

What is corpus callosum?

400

Neurotransmitter which plays key role in opioid addiction

What are endorphins? 

400

this may be able to mutate DNA, as suggested by descendants of Holocaust survivors showing a statistically significant tendency to develop anxiety/depression

What is (extreme) trauma?

400

Caffeine must hit this part of the brain to help focus

What is the frontal lobe?

500

Type of message send down the axon of a neuron

What is electrical?

500

Average age at which the frontal lobe finishes developing

What is 25?

500

Condition linked to a lack of Acetylcholine

What is Parkinson's Disease?

500

because her descendants married into most of the royal houses across Europe, this monarch is often called the Grandmother of Europe.

Who is Queen Victoria?

500

What you get when you give someone under the influence of alcohol

What is a wide awake drunk?