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| -Basic unit of NS; specializes in communication |
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Sensory Neurons
(Afferent neuron) |
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| -Sends signals from sensory world > brain |
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| -Sends signal from brain > muscles |
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| -Communicate w/in short/long distance circuits |
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-Short, branchlike appendages
-Increase neuron's receptive field; detects chemical signals from neighboring neurons |
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| -Where info received from neurons is collected/integrated |
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| -Long, narrow outgrowth where electrical signals are transmitted |
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-Small nodule at axon's end
-Receives electr impulses > releases chemi signals from neuron to synapse |
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-Space in b/w neurons
-Site for chemi communication |
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| -Electrical signal that passes along axon & causes release of chemicals that transmit signals to other neurons |
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| -Chemi substances that carry signals across synapse |
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| 3 events that terminate transmitter's influence on synapse: |
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1. Reuptake
2. Enzyme Deactivation
3. Autoreception |
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| -Drugs that enhance neurotransmitter's actions |
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| -Drugs that inhibit neurotransmitter's actions |
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| -Neurotransmitter is taken back into axon |
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-Autoreceptor binds to neurotransmitter and deactivates it
-"Temporary parking"
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| -Enzymes destroy neurotransmitter |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| -All areas of the brain are equally important |
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1. Medulla oblongata
2. Pons
3. Midbrain |
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-Motor function
-Experience of empathy |
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-Brain's master regulatory structure
-Receives input > projects influence |
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-Stores new memories
-Changes w/ experience |
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| -Role in learning to associate things w/ emotional responses |
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| -Structures crucial for planning/producing movement |
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-Outer layer; site of thoughts, detailed perceptions, consciousness
- 4 lobes: occipital, parietal, temporal, frontal |
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| -Vision; back portion of head |
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| -Attention, making/acting on plans, behaving, understanding, contemplating |
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-Part of PNS
-Transmits sensory signals to CNS via nerves |
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-Part of PNS
- Regulates body's internal environment by stimulating glands & maintaining organs |
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-Part of ANS
-Prepares body for action |
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-Part of ANS
-Restores body to normal state |
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| -Neuroscientist who conducted studies on phantom limbs and synesthesia |
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1. Temporal
2. Occipital
3. Parietal
4. Frontal |
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