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| branch of psychology concerned with links between biology and behavior |
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| neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands |
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| neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor output |
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| bushy branching extension of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body |
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| extension of a neuron, ending in a branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles and glands |
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| layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing fibers of many neurons |
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| neural impulse that travels down axon |
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| level of stimulation required to trigger neural impulse |
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| junction between axon tip of sending neuron and dendrite of receiving neuron |
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| chemical messengers that cross synaptic gaps between neurons |
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| neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron |
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| neurotransmitter that enables muscle action, learning, and memory |
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| neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion |
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| neurotransmitter that affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal |
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| neurotransmitter that helps control alertness and arousal |
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| major inhibitory neurotransmitter |
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| major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory |
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| opiate like neurotransmitters, "morphine within" |
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| block a neurotransmitter's function |
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| sensory and motor neurons that connect CNS to rest of body |
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| division of PNS that controls skeletal muscles |
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| division of PNS that controls glands and involuntary muscle function |
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| "fight or flight" portion of ANS |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| simple autonomic response to sensory stimulus |
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| body's "slow" chemical communication system |
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| chemical messengers manufactured by endocrine glands |
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| endocrine glands that help regulate calcium in blood |
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| endocrine organ that helps regulate sugar levels in blood |
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| visual display of brain activity that detects where radioactive form of glucose travels while brain performs a task |
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| examination that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer generated images |
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| technique for revealing blood flow through magnetic imaging |
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| oldest part and central core of the brain; responsible for autonomic survival activities |
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| base of brainstem, controls heartbeat and breathing |
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| nerve network in brainstem that plays important role in controlling arousal |
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| brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of brainstem |
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| little brain that processes sensory input and coordinates movement output and balance |
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| neural system including hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus located between cerebral hemisphers; emotions and drives |
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| bean shaped clusters in limbic system linked to emotion |
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| helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland and is linked to emotion and reward |
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| body's ultimate control and info processing center |
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| cells that support, nourish, and protect neurons |
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| involved in speaking, muscle movement, planning, and judgement |
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| receives sensory input for touch and body position |
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| includes areas that receive information from visual fields |
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| includes the auditory areas; each receiving info from opposite ear |
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| area at rear of frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements |
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| area at front of parietal lobes that registers and processes touch and movement sensations |
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| areas of cerebral cortex involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, speaking |
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| brain's ability to change |
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| large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |
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| condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres |
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