Brain Development

Question 1

Neurons

Answer 1

Cells that specialize in sending and receiving information between the brain and all other body parts.

Question 2

Sensory neurons

Answer 2

Exchange information from the sensors receptors of the environment or within the body itself.

Question 3

Motor neurons

Answer 3

Exchange info between the brain and the muscles and limbs.

Question 4

Inter-neurons

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Exchange information between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

Question 5

Neuron consist of

Answer 5

Body
Dendrites
Axon

Question 6

Cell body

Answer 6

Nucleus of the neuron, which keeps the neuron working.

Question 7

Dendrites

Answer 7

Receive info from other neurons through the synapse and transmit them to the cell body.

Question 8

Axon

Answer 8

Transmits info from the cell body to other neurons via synapses

Question 9

Glial cells

Answer 9

Fulfill sorts of supportive functions. They ensure the formation of a myelin sheath around axons.

Question 10

Myelin sheath

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Is a greasy sheath that increases the speed and efficiency of information exchange.

Question 11

Cerebral cortex

Answer 11

Gray matter, part of the brain.

• takes up 80% of the brain
• the large areas are called the lobes

Question 12

Lobes

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Characterized by the general categories of behavior that each lobe specializes in.

Question 13

Occipital lobe

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Important for processing visual info

Question 14

Temporal lobe

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Memory, visual recognition, auditory information and the processing of emotions.

Question 15

Parietal lobe

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Specialized in non-verbal processing, sensory input integration and info about emotions.

Question 16

Frontal lobe.

Answer 16

For planning ahead and organizing behavior

Question 17

Cerebral hemispheres

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The two halves of the cortex

Question 18

Info in the cortex

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Information coming in from the right side of the body is processed in the left hemisphere

Question 19

Corpus callosum

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Helps the two brain halves communicate

Question 20

Neurogenisis

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Proliferation of neurons by cell division.

Question 21

Aborization

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Enormous increase in the size and complexities of the densities through growth, branching and the formation of spines.

Question 22

Spines

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Increase the capacity to form connections with other neurons.

Question 23

Electroencephalography

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Technique that measures the electrical activity generated by neurons using electrons on the skull.

Question 24

Event- related potentials

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Changes in electrical activity that arise from the presentation of a particular stimulus.

Question 25

Magnetoencephalography

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Detect magnetic field generated by electrical currents in the brain.

Question 26

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Technique in which fluctuations in cerebral blood flows are measured by means of an electromagnet, which is used to measure activity in brain areas.

Question 27

Positron emission tomography

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Measures brain activity by detecting metabolic processes

Question 28

Near-infrared spectroscopy

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Optical imaging technique in which metabolic changes are observed that lead to different absorption of infrared light.

Question 29

Plasticity

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Capacity of the brain that will be influences by experiences.

Question 30

Experience- expectancy-plasticity

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Process in which the brain forms as a result of contemporary experience in a normal environment.

Question 31

Experience- dependent plasticity

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Process in which neural connections are made and reorganizes as a result of individual experiences.

Question 32

The environmental factors mainly influence

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Secular trends, in which change in physical development in length over the years

Question 33

Failure to thrive

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Conditions in which babies become malnourished and do not grow or gain weight without a clear media al reason.

Question 34

Excitatory transmitters

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Increase de kans op doorgeven van neuronen

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Inhibitory transmitters

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Zorgen ervoor dat het signaal niet wordt doorgegeven

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Synthesis de transmitters

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Dieet dat de aanmaak van serotonine verhoogd

Question 37

Presynaptic receptoren

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Block the reuptake from serotonine, waardoor het langer in het lichaam actief blijft

Question 38

Postsynaptic receptors

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De serotonine bereiken niet het tweede neuron, waardoor het minder snel vergaat.

Question 39

MAO blockers

Answer 39

Mao breekt serotonine af, de blokkers zorgen ervoor dat er minder MAO is en waardoor er minder serotonine wordt afgebroken.

Question 40

Hindbrain

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Brain stem and cerebellum

Question 41

Midbrain

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Brain stem

Question 42

Forebrain

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, libris system and cerebral cortex

Question 43

Synaptogenesis

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The process by which neurons from synapses with other neurons, resulting in trillions of connections.