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| the main motor control neurotransmitter. It's also used in learning, memory, sleeping, and dreaming.\ |
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| Energy supplying neurotransmitter\ |
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| a neurotransmitter that causes arousal and alertness\ |
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| a neurotransmitter involved in emotional states (low=sad and anxious and aggressive)\ |
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| a neurotransmitter involved in motivation/reward of basic drives and motor control (lack of this causes Parkinson's) |
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| the primary inhibitory transmitter in the nervous system. Causes anxiety and intoxication (in alcohol)\ |
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| a neurotransmitter involved in pain reduction and reward. In morphine\ |
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| a neurotransmitter that causes pain perception and affects mood and anxiety\ |
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| divisions the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the midbrain. Does the most basic functions (breathing, swallowing, vomiting, peeing, orgasm)\ |
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| has the core of the reticular formation, which is a network of neurons that controls sleep and arousal.\ |
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| closest to the spinal cord. Has the ascending axons of the reticular formation, and controls cardiovascular system, breathing, and skeletal muscle tone. It helps the body know that something has changed but not what that change is.\ |
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| the part involved in motor coordination and learning\ |
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| the main gateway between the lower brain and the cortex\ |
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| the regulatory structure controls drives, connected to pituary.\ |
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| the dorsal part of the midbrain, involved in visual and auditory systems\ |
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| reward area (when stimulated in rats, they continue to do what stimulates it)\ |
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| controls emotion and memory related to that emotion (recognizes stimuli that evoke an emotional response\ |
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| planning and producing movement. Has the nucleus accumbens\ |
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| used in experiencing reward\ |
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| Thalamus and hypothalamus\ |
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| Basal ganglia and limbic system\ |
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| a portion in the back of the cerebral cortex essential to vision\ |
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| Part of the occipital lobe, the main visual area. Important for spatial info.\ |
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| Part of the cortex devoted to touch\ |
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| Primary somatosensory cortex |
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| Part of the cortex devoted to touch. Left side of the brain feels right side of the body and visa versa. Certain parts of the somatosensory cortex correlate to different parts of the body (somatosensory homunculus)\ |
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| Part of the cortex devoted to listening and facial recognition area.\ |
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| At the intersection of the occipital and temporal cortices, there is an area dedicated to recognizing faces.\ |
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| Part of the cortex used to plan movement. Has motor areas (premotor cortex and primary motor cortex).\ |
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| A region of the brain meant for attention, social behavior, decision making, working memory.\ |
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| Amino acid neurotransmitters |
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| Monoamines (modified amino acid) neurotransmitters |
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| epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin\ |
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| Peptide neurotransmitters |
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