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nervous system

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command and control system
-circuit of neurons and supporting cells

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nerve nets

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-series of interconnected nerve cells
-in Cnidarians and Echinodermata
-more complex animals have nerves
-sea stars have nerve net in each arm

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nerves

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bundles that consist axons of multiple nerve cells

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annelids and arthropods

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-have segmentally arranged clusters of neurons called ganglia

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simple cephalized animals

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-ex. flatworms
-have CNS

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sessile molluscs

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-clams and chitons
-have simple nerve systems

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complex molluscs

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-octopuses and squids
-more sophisticated systems

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vertebrates NS

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-CNS (brain and spinal cord: conveys info to/from brain, produces reflexes independently of brain)
-PNS

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reflex

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-bodys automatic response to stimulus

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gray matter

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-unmyelinated axons
-neuron bodies, dendrites
-enables movement, memory, emotions

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white matter

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-myelinated axons
-conducts,proccesses, and sends nerve signals up/down spinal cord

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motor system

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-carries signals to skeletal muscles
-voluntary
-efferent component of PNS

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autonomic nervous system

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-regulates smooth and cardiac muscles
-genrally involuntary
-efferent component of PNS
-3 parts: sympthatic, parasympathetic, and enteric

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sympathetic division

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-regulates arousal and energy generation
-fight or flight

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more on sympathetic divisions

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-dilates pupil
-inhibits salivary gland
-relaxes bronchi
-accelerates heart
-inhibits activity of stomach/intestines
-inhibits activity of pancreas
-stimulates glucose release form liver
-inhibits galbladder
-stimulates adrenal medulla
-inhibits emptying go bladder
-promotes ejaculation and vaginal contractions

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parasympathetic divison

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-throwing up after running because this system tells the digestive system to clear out to put blood where it’s needed more
-antagonistic effects on organs
-promotes calming and return to “rest and digest” functions

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more on parasympathetic divison

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-constricts pupil
-stimulates salivary gland
-constrictes bronchi in lungs
-slows heart
-stimulates activity of stomach and intestines
-stimulates gallbladder
-promotes emptying of bladder
-promotes erection

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cerebrospinal fluid

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-fills hollow parts of brain (ventricles) and central canal of spinal cord
-filtered from blood
-cushions brain and spinal cord
-provides nutrients
-removes waste

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afferent neurons

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-transmit info to CNS
-interal/external stimuli> sensory receptors> afferent neurons> CNS

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efferent neurons

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-transmit info away from CNS
-CNS> efferent neurons> EITHER autonomic nervous system or motor system
-if goes to autonomic system then >sympathetic, parasympathetic , or energetic divisions
-if goes to motor system> control of skeletal muscle

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enteric divisions

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-controls activity of digestive tract, pancreas and gall bladder

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forebrain

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-telencephalon (cerebrum)
-diencephalon( thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus)

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midbrain

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mesencephalon (midbrain)

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hindbrain

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metencephalon (pons, cerebellum)
myelencephalon (medulla oblongata)

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reticular formation

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-network of neurons at core of brainsrain
–regulates amount/type of info that reaches cerebral cortex
-affects alertness

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biological clock

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-molecular mechanism that directs periodic gene expression
-typically synchronized with light/dark cycles
-what mammalian circadian rhythm relies on

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circadian rhythm

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-coordinated group of neurons in hypothalamus called suprachiasmatic nucleus (in mammals), can act as pacemaker (synchronizing biological clock)

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limbic system

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-motivation, olfaction, behavior, and memory

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emotions

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amygdala

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-structure most important to the storage of emotion in the memory
-mass of nuclei near base of cerebrum

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cerebrum

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-control arousal and sleep
-largest structure in brain
-awarness, language, cognition, memory, and consciousness
-4 regions: frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital)

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cerebral cortex

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-outer layer of cerebrum
-receives input from sensory organs and somatosensory receptors

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hippocampus

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-longterm memory formation
-memory retrieval

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hypothalamus

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helps manage your body temperature, hunger and thirst, mood, sex drive, blood pressure and sleep.

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thalamus

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directs diff. types of input to distinct locations

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frontal lobe

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-damage may cause issues in executive functions, impair decision making and emotion responses
-reasoning, motor control, emotion, and language
-Broca’s area
-prefrontal cortex:

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primary motor cortex

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-precentral gyrus of frontal lobe
-responsible for processing movements
-strip running along the side of the brain is in charge of voluntary movements like waving goodbye
-neurons are arranged according to part of body that gernates input or receives commands

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prefrontal cortex

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decision making and planning in actions/movements
-where integrated sensory info. passes through
-“rational part”

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Brocas area

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-actiavted when speech is generated

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temporal lobe

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-auditory cortex
-short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm and some degree of smell recognition
-where wernicke’s area is located

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wernickes area

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-comprehending language
-activated when speech is heard

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parietal lobe

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involved in processing information from the body’s senses
-contains the somatosensory cortex, which is essential for processing sensory information from across the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain.

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somatosensory receptors

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-provide info about touch, pain, pressure, temp, and position of muscles/limbs
-in parietal lobe

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primary somatosensory cortex

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-postcentral gyrus of parietal lobe
-responsible for processing sensations
-neurons are arranged according to part of body that gernates input or receives commands

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occipital lobe

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-visual cortex
-procecess visual stimuli and pattern recognition

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brain stem

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-control arousal and sleep
-core has reticular formation

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left hemisphere

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-more adept at language, math, logic, and processing of serial sequences

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right hemisphere

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-stronger at pattern recognition, nonverbal thinking, emotional processing

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laterialization

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-differences in hemisphere function
-partly linked to handedness
-2 hemispheres work together by communicating through fibers of corpus callous

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neural plasticity

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-ability of nervous system to be modified after birth
-changes can strengthen/weaken signaling at synapse

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short term memory

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-accessed via hippocampus

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long term memory

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-hippocampus plays a role in forming but It stored in cerebral cortex

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long term potentiation

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-form of learning
-involves an increase in the strength of synaptic transmission
-involves glutamate receptors

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nervous system disorders

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schizophrenia, depression, drug addiction, alzhemiers, Parkinson’s
-environemntal and genetic contributions

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schizophrenia

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  • 1% of pop.
    -halluncinations, delusions, and other symptoms
    -treatment: dopamine
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can change receptors can change response by synapse by changing ion channels

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stem cells

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-play essential role in learning and memory

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depression

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-major depressive disorder: persistent lack of interest/pleasure in most activities
-bipolar disorder: manic and depressive phases
-treatment: Prozac, SSRIs

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Alzhemiers

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-mental deterioration
-confusion and memory loss
-caused by formation of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques in brain
-no cure

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parkinsons

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motor disorder
-cause by death of dopamine secreting neurons in midbrains

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drug addiction

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-triggers positive feed back
-complusion
-leads to long-lasting changes in reward circuitry that causes craving for drug

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simplest animals w/nervous systems (cnidarians)

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-have neurons arranged in nets

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cephalization

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-clustering of sensory organs at front end of body
-exhibited by bilaterally symmetrical animals

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nerves system organization usually correlates with life style

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pineal gland

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-releases melatonin
-plays a role in bird/mammal sleep cycles

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sleep

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may play a role in consolidation of learning and memory
-important to sleep at least a little bit if pulling an all nighter
-cycles are example circadian rhythms