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Body's slow communication system.
Hormones are synthesized by th endocrine glands that are secreted by the bloodstream.
Communication is carried out by hormones which affect the brain and many other tissues |
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"master" gland.
Controlled by the Hypothalamus.
Controls other bodily glands. |
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| Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands |
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| Regulate metabolism and calcium rate. |
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| Adrenal glands (two sections) |
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| Located on top of kidney's. Divided into two sections. Adrenal Medulla and the Adrenal Cortex |
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| Secretes Epinephrine and Norepinphrine during stressful situations. (Adrenaline) |
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| Regulates salt and carbohydrate metabolism. |
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| regulates blood sugar. secretes insulin |
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| Responsible for automatic functions. is the most primitive part of the brain |
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| controls heartbeat and breathing. Base of brainstem |
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| Brain's sensory switchboard. Receives information from all of the senses except smell and routes it the brain regions that deal with seeing, hearing, tasting, and touching. |
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Play very important role in arousal.
finger shaped network of neurons that extends from the spinal cord right up to the thalamus.
So, connects the thalamus to the spinal cord. |
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| Located right on top of brainstem, near back bottom of the brain. Means little brain. Helps with voluntary movements and balance. Posture, balance, coordination. |
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| observations of damaged brain individual's behavior. |
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| Doughnut shaped. Attaches the brain's new parts (cerebral cortex) to it's older parts. |
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| Linked to fear and aggression (anger) A for aggression... and fear. |
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| directs maintenance actives like eating, dir |
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| Direct maintenance activities like eating, drinking, body temp, and control of emotions. |
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| (Located in hypothalamus) Rats getting electrically stimulated here. Olds and Milner? |
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| Axon fibers connecting two cerebral hemispheres. |
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| Front of Forehead. Motor Cortex-sends signals to muscles. Prefrontal cortex-executive functions. |
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Perceptions of space.
Sensory cortex. |
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Hearing, Language comprehension,autobiographical memories.
Auditory Cortex |
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| Impaired use of language. Comes from damage in the left hemisphere to broca's area or Wernicke's Area |
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Controls language expression.
Controls the muscles involved in speech. |
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| Controls language RECEPTION. Left temporal lobe. |
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The nervous systems ability to change.
-Before birth until maturation
-During learning
-Following injury and degeneration (blind)
-Stem Cells
-Neurogenesis: Production of new neurons in the adult brain. |
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