Neuro termz
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Releasing hormone | peptides that are released by the hypothalmus and act to increase ot decrease the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland
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Homeostasis | State of internal metabolic balence and regulation of physiological systems in an organism
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cortisol | steroid released by the cortex of the adrenal gland. Turns off all bodily systems not immeadtly required to deal with a stressor, shuts down reproductive functions inhibits productions of growth hormone
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epinephrine | A chemical messenger that acts as a hormone to moblize the body for fight/flight neurotransmitter in CNS (stimulates the cell metabolism so the body is ready for action)
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hypothalmus | Diencephalon structure.regulates our internal environment ass. w/ temp. regulation,eating,drinking,sexual behavior
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vasopressin | released by the pos. pituitary gland urination reabsorbtion by the kidneys
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oxytocin | a hormone release milk, uterine contractions, parenting skills, grooming
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pituitary gland | endocrine gland attached to hypothalmus. Its secretions control the activites of many other endocine glands. ass. with biological rhythms
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hormones | chemical released by an endocrine gland into the bloodstream. 2 types: steroid/peptide
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heat gain/loss | mechanisms by which the body regualtes temp. through sweating or shivering
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receptors | molecules in cells that respond to chemical messengers. recieve neurotransmitters
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hypothalmic-pituitary-endocrine organ axis | a major pathway of communication that controls stress response and other body processes,digestion,immuinty.
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metabolism | conversions of food into energy
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negative feedback loop | decrease in the release of hormones based on feedback signals from other hormones
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thyroid gland | The largest endocrine gland. It works to regulate metabolism growth and rate of function in the body
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unconditioned stimulus | a stimulus that uncoonditionally naturally triggers a response
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conditioned response | the learned response to a formally neutral conditioned stimulus (pavilian conditioning)
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conditioned stimulus | an originally neutral stimulus that aftrer association with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a conditioned response
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unconditioned response | the unlearned naturally occuring response to the unconditioned stimulus
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attention | the capacity to focus on a particular stimuli over time and manuipalte the info.
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seletive attention | the ability to attend to revelent stimuli while ignoring irrevanlent stimuli
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cerebral assemmatry | differnt functions and anatomy in the two HEMIs.
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split brain | surgical disconnection of the two HEMIS the corpus callosum is cut
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synesthesia | capacity to join sensory experiences across sensory modaliltys.
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multiple intellgences | differnt forms of intellegence
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