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Neural and brain
Basic terms
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Psychology
12th Grade
09/26/2011

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Acetylcholine ( ACh)
Definition
Enables learning, muscle action, and memory.
The messenger at every junction between a motor neuron and sketal muscle
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Dopamine
Definition
Influences movement, learning, attention, and emotions
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Serotonin
Definition
Affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal
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Endorphins
Definition
Natural opiates that are released in response to pain and vigorous exercises
Related to "runner's high"
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Agonists
Definition
Excite a neuron's firing, its similar enough to a neurotransmitter to mimic it's effects
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Sensory neurons
Definition
Sends info from the body's organs to the brain and spinal cord
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Motor neurons
Definition
Sends info from nervous system ou thru the body's tissues
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Interneurons
Definition
Enables internal communication in the nervous system
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