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| science of brain and nervous system |
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| study of psychology using biology |
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| point where action potential starts |
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| chemical thats relaesed to send a message to other neurons |
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| carries neurons message to other body areas |
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| any unused nuerotransmitter substance goes back to terminal branches |
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| 2 major divisions of nervous system |
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| central nervous system, peripheral system |
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| an action done involuntary response to a stimulus |
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| brian structure that recieves info from all the senses excpet smell |
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| brians ability to modify itself after an injury |
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| releases hormones that control other glands |
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| connects brain and peripheral nervous system |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| carries messges to and from the central nervous system |
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| controls voluntary movement, muschles, and transmits sensory info to the central nervous system |
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| controls involuntary body functions |
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| basic unit of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
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| "glue", out number neurons 10:1, add structure and suport |
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| recieve information from other neurons and sensory receptors |
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| carries neurons message to other body areas |
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| covers axon and helps speed neural impulses |
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| when a part of the axon is stimulated by an incoming message |
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| an atom with an electric charge |
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| the nerve will give a full response or nothing |
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| describe polarized neurons |
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| an axon in its resting state theres a balance b/w - ions inside and + ions outside of the cell membrane |
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| neurotransmitter related to schizophrenia and parkinsons disease |
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| neurotransmitter related to depression |
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| hormones that reduce pains and effect emotion |
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| the bodys "slow" chemical communication system |
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| a substance that affect brain and many other functions |
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| controls breathing and heartbeat |
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| affects attention, alertness, and wakefulness |
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| controls movement, balance, and posture |
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| controls hunger, cold, hot, thirsty |
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| helps us recognize emotion and (road rage) |
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| characteristics of cerebral cortex |
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| divided into 2 hemispheres, right: creativity, nonverbal memory left: words, verbal memory, grammer arithmitic |
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| phineas gage which lobe was affected changing his personality |
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| motor control, speech production, and higher functions |
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| senses pressure, pain, touch, and temperature |
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| vision, and visual perception |
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| which lobe is auditory cortex located? |
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| which lobe contains the wernikes area? |
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| connects bothe right and left hemispheres and allows communication |
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| cutting the corpus callosum to stop abnormal brian activity that may cause seizures |
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| list the abilities controlled by the right hemisphere |
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| geometric patterns , faces, emotional expression, nonlanguage, music, nonverbal memory, emotional tone of speech, geometry, sense of direction, distance |
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