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Main Parts of the Brain
The Small Stuff
How Depression is Affected
How Anxiety is Affected
Random Brain Facts!
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This main lobe of the brain is in the front of your head.

What is the frontal lobe?

100

This small, almond-shaped part of the brain mainly deals with emotions.

What is the amygdala?

100
Depression affects this cortex.

What is the prefrontal cortex?

100

A common hormone released during the stress response by your HPA Axis.

What is cortisol?


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This could be a biological reason for ADHD.

What is

A. Frontal lobe issues

B. Under responsive to stimulation

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This part of the brain processes images from your eyes and connects them to memories.

What is the occipital lobe?

200

The cerebellum is located here.

What is behind and below the rest of the brain?

200

This could be a biological factor of depression.

What is 

A. increased stress hormones

B. Less activity in prefrontal cortex or hippocampus

C. Differences in REM sleep. 

200

Prolonged anxiety can cause this to the amygdala.

What is causes it to grow?

200

ADHD is associated with abnormally low levels of

What is neurotransmitters?
300

The temporal lobe does this for smell, taste, and sound.`

What is helps process information?
300

What the hippocampus deals mainly with

What is memories?

300

The insula does this.

What is it assists with both basic and automatic functions?
300

People with anxiety have more activity in this system.

What is the limbic system?

300

The adrenal glands are located here. 

What is near the kidneys?

400

The parietal lobe does this.

What is interprets feelings AKA sensory information?

400

The brainstem includes these areas

What is the midbrain, pons, and medulla?

400
The amygdala affects depression in this way.
What is there is unclear results on how depression affects the amygdala, but its suggested that they are related. 
400

These small parts of the brain are associated with anxiety.

What is the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus?

400
This is the percentage of comorbidity for depression and anxiety.
What is 1/2 to 3/4ths?
500

The lobes of the brain are located in these areas. 

What is frontal lobe in the front, temporal lobe by your ears, occipital lobe behind your head, and parietal lobe on the top of your head.

500

The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis consists of these 3 parts.


What is the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands?

500

What parts of the body become smaller due to depression?

What is the caudate nucleus, insula, prefrontal cortex, and thalamus.

500

The longer you experience chronic anxiety, this can happen.

What is your brain can rewire itself to accommodate the anxiety?
500

This small part of the brain is named after the greek word for "Seahorse" due to its shape.

What is the hippocampus?