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| Neurotransmitter that had excitatory properties. Plays a role in multiple activities such as memory formation, REM sleep, may also be a factor in certain types of depression |
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| Neurotransmitter with excitatory properties. Derivative of dopamine |
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| Seems to be a slow receptor, implications of modulation of processes such as sexual activity, mood, degree of pain sensitivity, aggression, sleep , and mental disorders. Has been shown to strengthen synapses formed between neurons. |
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| Controls automatic skeletal motor activities and coordinates balance and boday's movements |
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| Controls vital reflex functions such as respiration, heartbeat, and blood pressure. |
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| Connect higher brain centers with cerebellum, contains most of the cell bodies of the reticular activating system |
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| part of the brain consisting of medulla, pons, and cerebellum. |
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| contains primitive centers for auditory and visual processing, important for perception of pain |
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| great "relay" station for information |
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| conglomeration of diverse structures which play a key role in the cognitive arousal of emotion and memory |
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| controls feelings of pleasure and is primary sit responsible for addictive properties of drugs of abuse |
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| regulation of expression of basic drive states |
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| RAS (reticular activating system) |
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| participates in a variety of processes ranging from sleep to perception to mood to our ability to associate event |
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