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Dendrites correct answers collect information Cell body/soma correct answers processes information Axon correct answers sends info to other nerve cells glial cells correct answers help in the general care and feeding of neurons Synapses correct answers area between nerve cells a...

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Psychology Exam 1: Brain and Behavior

Dendrites correct answers collect information

Cell body/soma correct answers processes information

Axon correct answers sends info to other nerve cells

glial cells correct answers help in the general care and feeding of neurons

Synapses correct answers area between nerve cells

agonists correct answers drugs that increase communication

How do agonists increase communication? correct answers block uptake of
neurotransmitters so they are in the synapse longer
mimic neurotransmitters

Antagonists correct answers drugs that block communication

How do antagonists block communication? correct answers speed uptake of
neurotransmitters
Block receptor site
cause leaking in pre synaptic neuron

Acetylcholine (Ach) correct answers helps memory and attention

Norepinepherine (NE) correct answers arousal,alertness, wakefulness, and some
emotion

Dopamine (DA) correct answers reward/pleasure, motor learning

Seratonin (5-HT) correct answers sleep/dream, appetite and emotion

GABA correct answers decreases activity in the brain

Glutamate correct answers excites

Endorphins correct answers pain relief, pleasure

Central Nervous System correct answers brain and spinal cord

, Peripheral Nervous System correct answers connects CNS to body's organs and
muscles

Somatic nervous system correct answers conveys info between voluntary muscles and
the CNS

Automatic Nervous System correct answers carries info to and from involuntary and
automatic commands

Cerebellum correct answers controls motor skills

Pons correct answers relays info to cerebellum to rest of the brain

Medulla correct answers coordinates heart rate, circulation and respiration

reticular formation correct answers regulates sleep/wakefulness,arousal

Limbic System correct answers Hypothalamus
amygdala
hippocampus
Thalamus

Hypothalamus correct answers regulates body temp, hunger, thirst and sexual behavior

Amygdala correct answers forms emotional memories

Hippocampus correct answers creates new memories so they can be stored long term

Thalamus correct answers relays/filters info from senses to cerebral cortex

Basil Ganglia correct answers set of subcortical structures that directs intentional
movement

Frontal Lobe correct answers movement, planning, memory and judgement

Temporal lobe correct answers hearing and language

Parietal correct answers processes info about touch

occipital lobe correct answers processes visual info

corpus callousum correct answers bundle of fibers that separates the two hemispheres
of the brain

CAT correct answers structural imaging

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