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Acetylcholine

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Function is motor movement and memory

Lack has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease

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Agonists

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Drugs that mimic the actions of a neurotransmitters or hormone to produce a response when it binds to a specific receptor in the brain.

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The all-or-none response

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Neurons will either transmit an impulse over the synapse to the next neuron completely or not at all.

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What is the Amygdala?

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Involved in how we process memory

EMOTIONS

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What are Axons?

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Passes messages away from the cell body to the other neurons, muscles, or glands.

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What is Broca’s Area?

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Responsible for controlling muscles that produce speech.

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What is the Cerebellum?

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  • Bottom rear of the brain
  • Coordinates fine muscle movement
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What is the Circadian Rhythm?

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  • our 24 hour biological clock
  • body temp and awareness changes throughout the day
  • it is best to take a test or study during your circadian peaks
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What are Delta Waves?

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  • The slowest recorded brain waves in human beings
  • DEEP sleep
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What are Dendrites?

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Receive messages from other cells

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What is Dopamine?

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  • motor movement and alertness
  • neurotransmitter that plays a role in hormones
  • lack of it leads to Parkinson’s disease
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What are Dreams?

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A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind

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What are Endorphins?

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  • deals with pain and stress control
  • we become addicted to endorphin causing feelings
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What is the Hippocampus?

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Involved in the processing and storage of memories

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What are hormones?

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Chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in your body.

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What is Insomnia?

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  • Recurring problems with falling or staying asleep
  • not your once in a while having trouble getting to sleep episodes
  • IS NOT defined by the number of hours you sleep every night
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What does it mean when someone has Latent Content of Dreams?

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  • The underlying meaning of a dream
  • example: falling in a dream
    ~ latent content: feeling out of control in your life or failing at something
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What is Lateralization?

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A functional dominance of one hemisphere over the other, in which one is more responsible or entirely responsible for control of a function in comparison to the other.

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What does it mean when someone had Manifest Content of Dreams?

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They remembered the storyline of a dream.

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What is Myelin Sheath?

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  • covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses
  • deterioration may cause Multiple Sclerosis
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What is Narcolepsy?

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  • uncontrollable sleep attacks
  • lapses directly into REM sleep (usually during times of stress or joy)
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What are Neurotransmitters?

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  • Chemical messengers released by terminal buttons through the synapse
  • transmit messages between neurons, or from neurons to muscles
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What are Night Terrors?

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  • high arousal (evoke or awaken a feeling, emotion, or response) and appearance of being terrified
  • occur in stage 4, not REM, and are not often remembered
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What is the Occipital Lobe?

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VISION

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What is the Parietal Lobe?

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  • Contains sensory cortex: receives incoming touch sensations from the rest of the body
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What is the Pituitary Gland?

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  • “the master gland”
  • produces hormones that regulate other glands such as the thyroid
  • GROWTH
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What is (Brain) Plasticity?

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  • The idea that the brain, when damaged, will attempt to find new ways to reroute messages
  • Brain shapes itself if a part of it is taken out
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What is REM sleep?

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REM: Rapid Eye Movement
- active stage of sleep
- composes 20-25% of a normal nights sleep
- breathing, heart rate and brain wave activity quicken
- vivid dreams can occur
- from REM, you go back to stage 2

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What is Serotonin?

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  • deals with mood control
  • lack of it has led to depression
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What is Sleep Apnea?

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  • temporary cessation’s (process of ending something) of breathing during sleep and consequent momentary reawakenings
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What is the Sleep Cycle?

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  • Five stages
  • takes 90-100 minutes to pass through the five stages
  • brains waves will change according to the sleep stage you are in
  • first 4 stages and known as NREM (non-rem) sleep
  • 5th stage is called REM sleep
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What is the Sympathetic nervous system?

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  • A network of nerves that helps your body activate its “fight-or-flight” response
  • systems activity increases when you’re stressed, in danger or physically active
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What is the Synapse?

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  • the space between two neurons
  • neurons NEVER touch each other
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What is the Temporal Lobe?

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  • Process sound sensed by our ears
  • HEARING
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What is the Thalamus?

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  • switchboard of the brain
  • receives sensory signals from the spinal cord and sends them to other parts of the forebrain
  • every sense EXCEPT smell
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What is Wernicke’s Area?

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Interprets written AND spoken speech

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