Brain Parts & Functions
This brain part activates when Stefan is walking on a trail in the woods and comes across a grizzly bear walking towards him, he stands in shock for a second contemplating what to do.
Stefan's amygdala activated because it is his "fight of flight" system that helps him decide whether to stay or run away.
For the past month, Rosalie complains that almost every night Carlisle has continuously waken up just to bother her by punching, talking, or kicking her or the air, even though he argues he has no recall of the situation and was asleep the whole night.
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, this is the action of an individual making unconscious physical or verbal actions due to being asleep.
Farleigh wakes up at 9am and realizes he is starving, so he begins to make eggs and toast, when he's done he doesn't feel full so he eats another set of eggs and is fulfilled afterwards.
Leptin is a hormone that regulates hunger and also reports when the body is full. The hormone is leptin because Farleigh is hungry and eats until his hunger is regulated.
Jennifer is exhausted from running a mile, when she gets home she begins to relax and feels better after a few minutes due to this system.
Jennifer's parasympathetic nervous system helps her relax her body after intense physical activity by lowering her heart rate.
Depressants, these drugs send messages to slow and relax the body, this is why Lana is slow to doing tasks and says she feels calm.
Damon is getting chased through the woods when he stumbles on a tree root and hits his head on a rock.
Damon's somatosensory cortex is activated because it interprets pains that are sent via nerves.
Alice travels from The United Kingdom to Japan in the summer. When she arrives she feels fatigue, exhausted, and ends up sleeping for half a day in Japan due to the 8 hour difference in time zones. What made Alice sleep for so long?
Alice's Circadian Rhythm is impacted, it is her body's "24 hour clock".
This neurotransmitter allows for Susan to focus and retain information while studying effectively.
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter connected to learning, memory, attention, motivation, and muscle contraction. Too little of this neurotransmitter results in Alzheimer's disease.
Needy is visiting a friend's neighborhood and is unfamiliar with her surroundings when she hears loud alarms playing, because of this she jumps and acts frantically.
Needy's sympathetic nervous system is activated because her frantic actions come from her fight or flight response and elevated heart rate from the sudden unfamiliar alarms.
What psychoactive drug causes Arthur to report hearing the walls around him talk to him, making him feel anxious and paranoid.
Hallucinogens alter the chemicals in the brain to interpret reality differently than it is usually perceived, this is why Arthur says the walls are talking to him.
Elena does not prioritize or even forgets these factors as her body naturally does them for her as a survival mechanism.
Elena's medulla is functioning because it is vital for involuntary actions that help the body survive, ex: vomiting, breathing, and regulating heart rate.
Bella asks Edward why he was doing the dishes at 2am, except Edward argues that he was asleep the whole night and has no clue what Bella is talking about.
Somnambulism is the sleep disorder characterized by an individual who unconsciously gets up at night(still asleep) and physically moves around doing everyday tasks but still UNCONSCIOUS/UNAWARE.(walking, running, opening doors).
While walking Apollo stubs his toe on a wall, this hurts for a second, but because of this neurotransmitter Apollo continues to walk and doesn't feel pain.
Endorphins are neurotransmitters that elevate mood and block out pain, this is why Apollo did not continue feeling pain after a few seconds.
This system allows for Colin's body to maintain homeostasis by increasing/decrease his heart rate during/after intense physical activity.
Colin's autonomic nervous system is the combination of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems which allow for the stability of involuntary actions.
Stimulant, these enhance alertness and energy which is why Samantha explains it "wakes her up".
While Caroline is cooking, this brain part sends messages throughout Caroline's body that make her want to eat because she is hungry.
The Hypothalamus is active because it regulates the hunger, thirst, and body temperature of Caroline.
During the REM stage, Alice dreams about herself being stuck in a cold, icey biome because in reality her nerves are sending signals of her being cold since she fell asleep without a blanket.
Activation Synthesis Dreams Theory is the brain's way of trying to create reasonable ideas and thoughts with neurons that are still firing messages while the body is asleep.
This hormone sends messages through the blood when the day gets long and reaches the time when Pluto usually sleeps, making him feel tired.
This system immediately tells Nikolai to take his hand away when he touched a burning hot stove.
This is the central nervous system because it is responsible for interpreting sensory info and connecting it to a response from the body.
Beatrix takes painkillers and reports a feeling of euphoria and a decrease in pain levels, what psychoactive drug causes this?
Opioids are a psychoactive drug that give short term effects of euphoria and block out pain.
Bonnie is able to eat breakfast while also reading her book because of this brain part.
The corpus callosum is made up of strong fibers that connect the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain together allowing for communication between two actions/messages.
Jacob has trouble sleeping and constantly wakes up through the night, Bella says she hears him coughing and choking, and even snoring extremely loud. What sleep disorder is Jacob experiencing?
Sleep apnea, it is classified as a sleep disorder when the muscles begin to relax which then block air from being inhaled and exhaled.
Felix is happy when he wakes up, he later spills coffee on his new shirt, then he is late for work, when he gets to work his boss yells at him, by Felix's break he is extremely irritated. What chemical messenger is responsible for Felix's shift in emotions?
Hormones, these are SLOW moving messengers who travel through the blood, connected to emotions.
This system allows for all wide range communication throughout the cells and nerves in the body and separates messages into voluntary and involuntary.
The Nervous system allows for the transferring of messages throughout the body, consisting of the peripheral and central nervous system
Samantha is addicted to drinking coffee as she drinks a cup twice a day, however, she tries to break her habit by only drinking coffee once per week. In return she experiences feelings of anxiety and stress.
Withdrawal is explained when Samantha is cutting down her addiction and decreasing the amount of coffee she intakes. Withdrawal comes with symptoms of anxiety, stress, and extreme cravings due to periods of not having the substance.