Central Nervous System Flashcards
are centers for the sense of smell, hearing, memory, and expression of emotions.
Temporal lobes
assist in coordinating language generation and visual interpretation, such as depth perception.
Occipital lobes
Neurotransmitters
- Dopamine
- Serotonin
- Acetylcholine
- GABA
- Norepinephrine/ Epinephrine
- Histamine
-controls complex movements, motivation, cognition, regulates emotional responses
Dopamine
regulation of emotions, controls food intake, sleep and wakefulness, pain control, sexual behaviors
Serotonin
controls sleep and wakefulness cycle (decreased in Alzheimer’s)
Acetylcholine
-controls alertness,peripheral allergic reactions, cardiac stimulations
Histamine
-modulates other neurotransmitters
GABA
-causes changes in inattention, learning and memory, mood
Norepinephrine / Epinephrine
Sympathetic or Parasympathetic
Increase vs
Increase GI motility
Increase GU function
Moist mouth
Sympathetic
Sympathetic or Parasympathetic
Decrease vs
Decrease GI motility
Decrease GU function
Dry mouth
Parasympathetic
Mental illnesses that are hereditary
Alzheimer’s disease
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders (depression)
Autism and AD/HD
A genetically or hereditary mental illness that is linked with defects in chromosomes 14 and 21
Alzheimer’s disease
control organization of thought, body movement, memories, emotions and moral behavior. Associated with schizophrenia, attention deficit / hyperactive disorder and dementia
Frontal lobe
interpret sensations of taste and touch and assist is spatial orientation.
Parietal lobe