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| Cells that specialize in communication |
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| reception, conduction, transmission |
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| Physical world > spinal cord. Also called afferent. Somatosensory- from muscles to brain. |
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| Direct muscles to do their thing. Efferent. Interneurons- within circuit. |
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| short branchlike appendages. receptive region. |
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| narrow outgrowth, info is transmitted. |
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| small nodules, release chemical signals from neuron to synapse |
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| site for chem communication, contains extracellular fluid. |
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| fatty material, made of glial cells, that insulate the axon and allows for rapid movement of impulses. |
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| small gaps of exposed axon, between myelin sheath, action potentials are transferred. |
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| resting membrane potential |
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| different charge of neuron. charge is NEG on inside. |
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| depolarization moving down the axon |
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| carry signals across cleft, bind to postsynaptic receptor. produces exitory/inhibitory signal. |
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| neurotransmitter is taken back into presynaptic terminal buttons, stopping its activity |
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| occurs when enzyme destroys transmitter substance in the cleft |
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| detect how much transmitter has been released into the synapse |
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| inhibits actions of specific neurotransmitter |
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| enhances actions of neurotransmitter |
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| motor control over muscles, learning, memory. Botox. |
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| emotional states, impulsiveness, dreaming |
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| inhibition of ac potentials, anxiety and intoxication |
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| enhances action potentials, learning/memory |
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| pain perception, mood, anxiety |
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| dominated by neurons' cell bodies |
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| axon and fatty sheaths make up |
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| networks of neurons that project into cerebral cortex. |
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| these structures control emotions and basic drives |
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| master regulatory structure. temp, emotion, sexual behavior, motivation. |
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| the gateway to the cortex. |
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| important for memory, etc. |
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| learning to associate things with emotional responses |
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| responsible for planning and producing movement |
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| outer layer of brain tissue |
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| back of brain, lobe for vision |
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| important for sense of touch and layout of environment |
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| lower region of brain, important for processing auditory information |
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| region of frontal lobes important for attention, memory, and behavior |
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| transmits signals takes care of skin muscles joints |
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| stimulates glands, and internal organs |
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| sympathetic division of ANS |
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| parasympathetic division of ANS |
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| returns the body to its resting state |
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| communication network that uses hormones to influence thoughts |
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| substances released from endocrine glands, travel to targeted tissues |
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