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Nerve cells, called _______ are one of the building blocks of behavior
What are neurons?
An oval shaped membrane-bound structure found in the soma or body of the neuron.
What is the nucleus?
This is most directly involved pleasure and rewarding feelings.
What is dopamine?
Our main excitatory neurotransmitter that is responsible for learning and thinking.
What is Acetylcholine?
The part of the nervous systems that controls voluntary movement of the musculoskeletal system.
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
Electrochemical messages called _________ are sent to the brain so that people can respond to stimuli either from the environment or from internal changes in the body
What are neurotransmitters?
In neurons, these _______ resemble a tree or branches of a tree, extending from the cell body of the nerve cell. They are the receiving or input portions of a neuron.
What are dendrites?
This neurotransmitter is responsible for mood and well being. Low levels are linked depression.
What is Serotonin?
If the brain is not producing enough of a certain neurotransmitter, then they could take a medication that would function as an _____________, so that the neurons designated to that chemical they lack would fire more.
What is an agonist?
The part of the nervous system that arouses the body's "fight or flight" response.
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
This underlies behavior as varied as mood, sleep, learning and memory, sexual arousal, and mental illness.
What is neurotransmission?
This is the cell body of a neuron that contains the nucleus and other structures common to living cells. These structures support the chemical processing of the neuron; the most important of which is the production of neurotransmitters
What is the soma?
This is the main calming/inhibitory neurotransmitter. Low levels have been linked to anxiety.
What is GABA?
There are people whose brains produce too much of a neurotransmitter, which can cause psychological disorders. If this is the case they would take an __________ pill to plug up the dendrite to block the flow of the neurotransmitter.
What is an Antagonist?
The hormones that are responsible for the "fight or flight" response and plays a role in emotional memory formation.
What is Adrenaline?
These are released directly into the bloodstream as a result they take longer to produce changes in behavior than neurotransmitters. However, they also produce effects that last a lot longer than an action potential.
What are hormones?
A thin fiber that connects neurons (nerve cells) to that they can communicate.
What is the axon?
This neurotransmitter is responsible for energy and attention.
What is Norepinephrine?
The hormone that signals the relaxation and lowers body temperature that will help with restful sleep.
What is Melatonin?
What is testosterone?
Any of the button-like endings of axons through which axons make synaptic contacts with other nerve cells or with effector cells. This is where the synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitters are docked.
What is the axon terminal?
The neurotransmitter that is the body's natural pain killer?
What is Endorphine?
The __________ transmits messages to and from teh sensory neurons, motor neurons, and glands of the peripheral nervous system.
What is the Central Nervous System?
The hormones that help control blood sugar, regulate metabolism, reduce inflammation and assist with memory formation.
What is cortisol?