Biological Bases of Behavior Flashcards
Type of conditions: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Scrapie, Deer wasting disease, Kuru, Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
prion diseases
Neurotransmitter implicated in concentration
noradrenaline
Neurotransmitter implicated in pleasure
dopamine
Neurotransmitter implicated in mood
serotonin
Neurotransmitter implicated in calming
GABA
Neurotransmitter implicated in learning, muscle control
acetylcholine
Neurotransmitter implicated in memory
glutamate
Neurotransmitter implicated in eurphoria
endorphins
Class of neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, acetylcholine, histamine
amines
Class of neurotransmitters including dynorphins, endorphins
opioid peptides
Class of neurotransmitters including glutamate, GABA, aspartic acid
amino acids
Class of neurotransmitters including ACTH, GH, TH, prolactin
Pituitary peptides
Neurotransmitter associated with Alzheimer’s
acetylcholine
Neurotransmitter associated with depression, migraines, ADHD, anxiety
serotonin
Neurotransmitter associated with (high) schizophrenia and (low) parkinson’s
dopamine
Neurotransmitter associated with epileptic seizures
GABA
Neurotransmitter associated with migraine, stroke, autism
glutamate
Posited that memory is stored in different regions of the brain
Fuster
Founder of neuroscience: neurology, anterior commissure, cerebellar peduncles, internal capsule, vagus nerve
Thomas Willis
Cells that aid and modulate neuron acitvity
glial cells
Association neurons, associate sensory and motor activity within CNS
interneurons
outermost layer of gray matter making up superficial aspect of cerebrum
Cerebral cortex
initiating activities, planning, holding critical info, changing mental set, monitoring effectiveness of actions, inhibition
Prefrontal cortex
multiple maps of body space, multisensory integration
Parietal lobe
star shaped, nutritive, transports substances through blood-brain barrier, regulate synaptic activity, regulate neurotransmitter concentrations, neurotransmitter reuptake after release,
Astrocyte
small, defensive function; become phagocytes during injury, infection, degeneration
Microglial