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The hindbrain

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Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum

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Medulla function

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heartbeat, blood pressure, coughing, sneezing, swallowing

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Pons function

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Sleeping and breathing, what causes sleep paralysis

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Cerebellum

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Balance and coordinated movement

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The midbrain

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The reticular activating system

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Reticular activating system function

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Regulates sleep-wake transitions and arousal

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The forebrain

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Thalamus and Limbic System (Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Amygdala), Corpus Callosum, Basal Ganglia

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Thalamus function

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acts like a relay between motor and sensory signals

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Hypothalamus function

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Involved in biological drives like hunger, thirst, sex, temperature regulation, links to the endocrine system

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Hippocampus function

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Involved in memory transfer from short to long term memory, if damaged we cannot learn new info well (amnesia)

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Corpus Callosum function

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connects the two parts of the brain and allows it to act as a union

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Basal Ganglia Function

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Involved in movement disorders, causes involuntary movement… associated with Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, and Huntington’s

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Projection (Primary) Areas

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sensory: where our senses come and go
motor: where motor signals come and go

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Nonprimary areas

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Do all the complex things that make us human

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Apraxia

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People have problems with movement, especially coordinated movement… can typically do little movements separately but cannot put them together

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Agnosia

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Inability to recognize form, can be quite specific (ex. face blindness)

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Aphasia

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disorders with language

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Expressive (non-fluent) aphasia

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People have difficulty expressing themselves, affects Broca’s area

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Broca’s area

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what is affected in expressive (non-fluent) aphasia

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Receptive (fluent) aphasia

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people can talk and are grammatically correct but have very little content in what they are saying, they cannot understand what is being said all around them, affects Wernicke’s area

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Wernicke’s Area

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what is affected in receptive (fluent) aphasia

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Thalidomide experiment

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drug was given to pregnant women to prevent miscarriage and caused babies to be born without arms and legs

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Teratogenic Maternal Diseases

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Rubella, Toxoplasmosis, Herpes

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Rubella

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Can damage the baby’s brain, auditory systems, visual systems, the whole body

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Toxoplasmosis

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Caused by cat feces and raw meat, can cause seizures and cerebral palsy

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Herpes

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When someone has an outbreak the sores may make a C-section necessary, chickenpox is a herpes virus

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DES

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prescribed to prevent miscarriage but caused cervical problems due to mucus issues or the cervix opening during pregnancy, also causes testicular cancer and penile cancer

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Aspirin

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associated with heart defects and can cause hemorrhaging after birth

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Caffeine

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can cause a fast heart rate and trouble with sleep

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cocaine

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causes uterine contracts, can result in abortion, low birth weight/preterm babies, damage to the digestive system, damage to the urogenital system and a higher risk of cerebral hemorrhage

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Alcohol

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associated w FAS, babies are born small w small brain/head, have issues w cognitive development (memory, learning, attention span, communication), issues w vision and hearing, have wide-set eyes

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Cigarettes

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restriction of oxygen in the lungs makes the uterus and embryo oxygen deprived, babies are small and shorter gestation, can damage the placenta and arteries, higher risk for SID syndrome, childhood cancers, and cleft palate

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Secure Attachment

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Babies use social referencing, cry when the parent leaves, do not like strangers, and are happy to see their parent

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Avoidant attachment

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Baby does not socialize or use the parent as a secure base, the baby is more accepting of strangers, the baby is not happy to see the parent

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Resistant Attachment

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Baby is clingy, fussy, generally unhappy, baby hangs on to the parent, is upset when the parent leaves but does not settle down during reunitement, baby is anxious

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Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment

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Baby is rigid with people they know, face looks dazed/disoriented, worst pattern of development

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Spitz, “Failure to Thrive”

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Spitz studied babies in prison and babies in an orphanage, he realized the importance of contact comfort and “mothering”

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Skeels, “Longitudinal Study of early deprivation”

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Found that babies that were placed in an adult institution had higher IQs and were adopted (in comparison to kids at an orphanage who were not adopted) because they were taken care of better

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Antagonist

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chemical or drug that binds to receptors in the brain and prevents an agonist from having a reaction

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Agonist

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substances that bind to synaptic receptors and increase the effect of a neurotransmitter

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Serotonin

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Mood, appetite, impulsive/aggressive behavior… too little=depression and OCD

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Dopamine

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Impulse control, tension, movement, learning… sensitivity= schizophrenia, too little=Parkinson’s

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Acetylcholine

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involuntary movement, sleep, memory… too much= depression, too little=dementia

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Norepinephrine

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Alertness/Arousal… too little=depression, too much=schizophrenia

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GABA

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Nervous system, anxiety… some anxiety meds try to increase GABA

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Glutamine

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learning, memory… associated w migraines

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