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Neurons

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Cells in the nervous system that communicate with one another to perform information‐processing tasks

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Cell body

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Coordinates information‐ processing tasks and keeps the cell alive

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Dendrite

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Receives information from other neurons and relays it to the cell body

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Axon

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Transmits information to other neurons, muscles, or glands

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Myelin Sheath

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Provides insulating layer of fatty material

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Glial cells

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Support cells found in the nervous system

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Synapse

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Junction or region between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another

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Sensory neurons

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Receive information from the external world and convey this information to the brain via the spinal cord

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Motor neurons

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Carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to produce movement

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Interneurons

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Connect sensory neurons, motor neurons, or other interneurons

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Communication of information within and between neurons proceeds in two stages

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Conduction and transmission

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Conduction and transmission together are referred to as

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electrochemical action

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Resting potential

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Difference in electric charge between the inside and outside of a neuron’s cell membrane

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Action potential

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Electric signal that is conducted along a neuron’s axon to a synapse

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refractory period

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A refractory period is the time following an action potential
Another action potential can’t occur during the refractory period

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what mv is resting potential

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-70

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Breaks in the myelin sheath are called

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the nodes of Ranvier

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nodes of ranvier

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The electric impulse jumps from node to node, thereby speeding the conduction of information down the axon

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Neurotransmitters

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Chemicals that transmit information across the

synapse to a receiving neuron’s dendrites

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Terminal buttons

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Knob like structures that branch out from an axon

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Receptors

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Parts of the cell membrane that receive the neurotransmitter and initiate or prevent a new electric signal

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Agonists

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Drugs that increase the action of a neurotransmitter

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Antagonists

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Drugs that block the function of a neurotransmitter

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Nervous system

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Interacting network of neurons that conveys electrochemical information throughout the body

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Central nervous system (CNS)

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Composed of the brain and the spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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Connects the CNS to the body’s organs and

muscles

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Spinal reflexes

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Simple pathways in the nervous system that rapidly generate muscle contractions

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spinal cords four main parts

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Cervical Nerves, Thoracic Nerves, Lumbar Nerves, Sacral Nerves

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Hindbrain

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Coordinates information coming into and out of the spinal cord, and controls the basic functions of life

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Midbrain

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Important for orientation and movement

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Forebrain

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Highest level of brain; critical for complex cognitive, emotional, sensory, and motor functions

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Thalamus

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Relays and filters information from the senses and transmits the information to the cerebral cortex

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, and sexual behaviour; also part of the limbic system

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Pituitary gland

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“Master gland” of the body’s hormone‐producing system, which releases hormones that direct the functions of many other glands in the body

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Basal ganglia

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Set of subcortical structures that directs intentional movements

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Limbic system

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Group of forebrain structures involved in motivation, emotion, learning, and memory

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Hippocampus

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Critical for creating new memories and integrating them into a network of knowledge so that they can be stored indefinitely in other parts of the cerebral cortex

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Amygdala

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Plays a central role in many emotional processes, particularly the formation of emotional memories

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Occipital lobe

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Processes visual information

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Parietal lobe

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Processes information about touch

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Temporal lobe

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Responsible for hearing and language

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Frontal lobe

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Specialized areas for movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgment

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Somatosensory cortex

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Represents skin areas on contralateral surface of body

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Homunculus

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Rendering of the body in which each part is shown in proportion to show how much of the somatosensory cortex is devoted to it

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Association areas

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Composed of neurons that help provide sense and meaning to information registered in the cortex

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Gene

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Unit of hereditary transmission; sections on strands of DNA organized into chromosomes

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Chromosomes

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Strands of DNA wound around each other in a double‐helix configuration

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Degree of relatedness

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Monozygotic versus dizygotic twins

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Heritability

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Measure of the variability of behavioural traits among individuals that can be accounted for by genetic factors

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Electroencephalograph (EEG)

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Device used to record electrical activity in the brain

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Hubel and Wiesel

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Inserted electrodes into the brains of anesthetized cats; discovery of feature detectors by mapping visual cortex

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