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Plays a role in learning and attention

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Acetylcholine

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Regulates movement

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Dopamine

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Neuro relaying signals from one area of the brain to another and related to mood

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Serotonin

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Regulates mood and sleep

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Norepinephrine

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Pain killing, regulate eating, and euphoria

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Endorphin

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Peripheral nervous system cells carry information to the _________.

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CNS

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The ______________ controls skeletal muscles as well as external sensory organ and is voluntary

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Somatic Nervous System

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The __________ controls involuntary muscles can be divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic.

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Autonomic nervous system

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Controls activities that increase energy, “fight or flight”

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Sympathetic

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Controls activities that conserve energy expenditures

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Parasympathetic

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Medulla, pons (respiration) and cerebellum(motor skills)

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Hindbrain

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Midbrain: regulates network of neurons

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Reticular activating system

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Forebrain:Limbic System: governs fear

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Amygdala

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Forebrain/ Limbic System: learning

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Hippocampus

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Diencephalon: Maintains homeostasis

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Hypothalamus

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Relaying sensory information, grand central station

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Thalamus

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Cerebral cortex(4 lobes)

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Frontal-executive functions and speech productions
Parietal-sensation touch and pain
Occipital-visual info
Temporal-auditory behind ears

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Chemical transmitters that give messages throughout the body

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Neurotransmitters

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