part of first psych sac

Question 1

communication within neurons

Answer 1

electrical energy is used when a neuron communicates with itself

Question 2

communicate between neurons

Answer 2

chemical energy is produced when communicating between neurons as it primarily involves neurotransmitters - The neural message that is sent towards the terminal button excites the terminal button to release neurotransmitters out of the vesicles, into the synapse. The neurotransmitters float along the synapse until it is received by the postsynaptic dendrite

Question 3

inhibitory effects

Answer 3

‘off switches’, slowing down neural activity - induce sleep, promote calmness and decrease aggression

Question 4

exhibitory effects

Answer 4

‘on switches’, speeding up neural activity - regulate body’s thought process, motor movements and higher thinking

Question 5

glutamate

Answer 5

A major excitatory neurotransmitter - involved in memory

Question 6

presynaptic neuron

Answer 6

the neuron before the synapse, which releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap, so that it can bind to the receptor site of the post synaptic neuron

Question 7

post synaptic neuron

Answer 7

the neuron which receives neurotransmitters