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Top and center.
Spatial location, attention. |
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At the temples, above and behind ears.
Hearing, visual memory. |
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Front.
"Personality," reasoning, planning, organization, some motor skils, memory access. |
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The tail of the neuron.
Sends messages via chem/elec process to other neurons. |
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| Opposite the axon. Recieve messages. |
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| At the ends of axons. Release messages into next neuron. |
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| Lipid coating on the acon. Keeps chemicals contained, helps messages travel swiftly. |
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| The part with the nucleus in it |
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| A brain cell, recieves and sends messages throughout brain and body. |
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| (Afferent) Carries messages to central nervous system from sensory receptors. |
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| (Efferent) Carries messages from central nervous-system to muscles and glands. |
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| A nerve cell that relays messages between neurons. |
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| Fill the space between neurons. |
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| The chemical messages that go from neuron to neuron. |
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| Gray matter, top-ish layer. 0.5" thick. |
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Deep structure.
Nerve bundle, connects hemispheres of brain. |
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Behind motor strip, crown of head.
Info from senses. |
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Before sensory strip, crown of head.
Movement of limbs, etc. |
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Deep structure.
Relay station/switchboard. |
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Deep structure.
Regulator. |
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Deep structure.
Makes memories. |
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Deep structure.
Emotional center, tied to memory |
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| Connects brain to spinal cord. |
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| Composed of the hippocampus and amygdala. Responsible for 4 F's: fight, flight, feed, f*ck. |
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| The communications link between neurons or between neurons and muscles/glands. |
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| The brain's ability to change itself. |
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"Use it or lose it."
If you don't use certain neurons to do something for a long time, those neurons will disappear. |
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| Removal of nearly half of the brain in an effort to combat a serious illness. |
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| The man who got a railroad spike through his eye and head. His entire personality shifted. |
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| Records electrical activity from the scalp. |
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Provides contrast to show detailed anatomical structures. |
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| Imaging technique, produces a 3-D picture of bodily structures. |
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Neurotransmitter.
Controls mood, appetite, memory, learning. Can inhibit and enhance bepending on place in brain. Can influence decision-making in frontal lobe. |
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Neurotransmitter.
Regulates activity in the brain to prevent people from being overwhelmed. An inhibitor critical for smooth, controlled movement. |
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| Attacks myelin sheath, neuro-messages don't travel as well. Affects motor skills. |
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| Caused by too little dopamine. (Jerky, uncontrolled movements) |
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