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What is the neurotransmitter GABA?

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Major inhibitory, involved in sleep, inhibits movement and calms anxiety.

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What is the Nero transmitter acetylcholine?

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Excitatory, involves memory and stimulates movement

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Alcohol is an agonist for what neurotransmitter?

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GABA

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What is the neurotransmitter serotonin?

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Excitatory or inhibitory, mood, sleep, appetite. Low levels are associated with depression.

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What are the effects of endorphins?

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Inhibitory, pain relief/control, and pleasure.

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What are the effects of dopamine?

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Excitatory, movement and sensation of pleasure. Two little is related to Parkinson’s, high levels are related to schizophrenia.

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What are the effects of norepinephrine?

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Excitatory, involved in arousal and mood.

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What branches are within the central nervous system?

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The brain and spinal cord.

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What two main branches lay within the peripheral nervous system?

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Autonomic and somatic.

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What is the autonomic nervous system?

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Automatically regulates glands, internal organs, blood vessels etc.

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What two branches are within the autonomic nervous system?

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The parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions.

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What is the role of the parasympathetic division?

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Maintained body functions under normal conditions.

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What is the role of the sympathetic division?

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Reactions to stress.

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What are the two systems of the somatic nervous system?

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The sensory system, and the motor system.

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What is the role of the sensory system?

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Carries messages from the senses to the CNS.

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What is the role of the motor system?

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Carries messages from the CNS to muscles and glands.

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What is the medulla’s role?

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Controls life-sustaining functions.

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What is the pons’ role?

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Left/right body coordination, sleep, dreaming.

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What is the reticular formation, and what does it do?

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A network of neurons running though the medulla and pons. Selective attention, awareness, arousal.

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What is the cerebellum?

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Little brain, controls fine, involuntary movement, walking, writing, sitting.

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What is glutamate?

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Major excitatory, learning, memory, NS development, synaptic plasticity.

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What is the hippocampus’ role?

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Forming new memories

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What is the amygdala’s role?

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Emotions, assessing threat, fear response.

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What does the thalamus’ do?

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Relay station for senses, except for smell.

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What does the hypothalamus do?

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Hunger, thirst, sex drive, te pasture regulation.

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What is in the brain stem?

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The pons, medulla, RAS, and cerebellum.

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What is in the lambic system?

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The hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, hypothalamus.

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What does the frontal lobe handle?

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Planning, personality, motor movements.

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What does the parietal lobe handle?

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Touch

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What does the Occipital lobe handle?

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Visuals.

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What does the temporal lobe handle?

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Hearing and speech.

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Where does Broca’s aphasia come from?

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Damage to the Motor Cortex in the Frontal Lobe.

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Where does Wernicke’s aphasia come from?

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Damage to the Temporal Lobe.

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What is the left brain responsible for?

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Language, logic

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What is the right brain responsible for?

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Music, art, spatial-visual ability

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What gland produces growth hormones?

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The master gland, the pituitary gland

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What gland produces melatonin?

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The pineal gland

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What gland controls metabolism?

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The thyroid

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The pancreas is responsible for

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Insulin and glucagon

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The gonads produce

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Sex hormones

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Adrenal glands produce

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Stress hormones

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What connects the left and right brain?

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The corpus callosum

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