final: brain parts Flashcards

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1
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hyperpolarization, neuron temporarily more negative (caused by movement of K+ and Cl-)

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IPSP

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2
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intracellular fluid has more ….

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K+

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3
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pain reception system and species specific behaviors

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periaqueductal gray

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4
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emotion regulation (detection of fear)

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amygdala

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5
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memory processing

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fornix

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6
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some visual, some auditory, some somatosensory, motor control information

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thalamus

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7
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primary visual cortex

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occipital lobe

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8
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learning and memory

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hippocampus

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9
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equalizing negative and positive charges

keeps k+ inside neurons, pushes Cl- out, moves sodium inside cell

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electrostatic pressure

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10
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top-down control

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cingulate gyrus

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11
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hemisphere that has to do with language processing, understands and generates language

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left hemisphere

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12
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movement of molecules from higher concentration to lower

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diffusion

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13
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block synthesis of NT molecules, decreasing effectiveness

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antagonists

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14
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primary auditory cortex, learning and memory (medial), visual processing (inferior)

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temporal lobe

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15
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monitor and process some somatosensory

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medulla

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16
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sending neuron

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presynaptic neuron

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17
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language comprehension

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wernickes area

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18
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NTs that regulate thoughts and behaviors largely through inhibition and prefrontal cortex

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AcH and monoamines

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19
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conflict monitoring, self-control

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anterior cingulate gyrus

20
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neuron temporarily more positive (caused by movement of Na+)

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EPSP

21
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hormone increasing milk production and contracts uterus

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oxytocin

22
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where neuron gets back to its peak charge

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refractory period

23
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pleasure center

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nucleus accumbens

24
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attention, goals, decision making, recognition of consequences

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prefrontal cortex

25
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disgust, internal sensation(posterior), integrates info, estimates organisms needs, internal states (inferior)

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insula

26
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voltage activated ion channel…

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activated by actual action potential of neuron itself

27
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head of all our basic drives, needs, and desires

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hypothalamus

28
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primary somatosensory cortex, feelings and sensations, some vision

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parietal lobe

29
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pleasure

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ventral tegmental area

30
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extracellular fluid has more …

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Na+ and Cl-

31
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well-learned prediction motor/sensory processing, balance

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cerebellum

32
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neuron receiving information

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postsynaptic neuron

33
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sleep/wake activity, sensory, arousal

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pons

34
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motor (startle reflex)

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red nucleus

35
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chemically activated ion channel takes…

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neurotransmitters

36
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catecholamines (DA, NE, EPI) and indolamines (5-HT and melatonin)

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all monoamines

37
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t or f: SSRI’s are agonistic

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true

38
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part of motor control system

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substantia nigra

39
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tendency to avoid loss even to the point of missing potential gain

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loss aversion

40
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autonomic processing and control; arousal

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medulla and pons

41
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where neurons are communicating, not a “primary” cortex

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association cortex

42
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well-learned movement, habits

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basal ganglia

43
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primary motor cortex, gives us the ability to write

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frontal lobe

44
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visual processing (superior), auditory (inferior)

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colliculi

45
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increase synthesis of NT molecules, increasing effectiveness

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agonists