Module #2 vocabulary
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| Define neurological development | -it is the way the brain and nervous system grow and get more mature
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| Define neurons | -they are specialized cells in the brain
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| Define electrochemical impulse | -it is a signal that is both electric and chemical
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| Define neurotransmitters | -they are chemical messengers that help to carry the signal in the brain
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| Define prefrontal cortex | -it is a region of the brain that is important for sizing up risk and thinking ahead
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| Define limbic system | -it is a brain system that plays a central role in emotional response
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| Define neurologist | -it is someone who studies the brain
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| Define pediatric neurologist | - a doctor who studies the nervous system of children
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| Define neuroscientists | -someone who studies the brain
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| Define frontal lobes | -a region of the brain behind the forehead
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| Define myelin or "white matter" | -a material that coats the outside of nerve cells
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| Define neural insulation | -another way of saying myelin
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| Define brain chemistry | -the chemicals in the brain
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| Define cognitive deficits | -lacking the ability to think or understand
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| Define cognitive baseline | -having the standard ability to think or understand
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| Define neural impulse | -an electric and chemical signal that gets passed between neurons
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| Define axons | -thread-like fibers in neurons that take the electrochemical impulse away from the cell body
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| Define dendrites | -branch-like fibers in neurons that bring information into the neurons
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| Define synapse | -a small space between axons and dendrites where neurons exchange information
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| Define myelination | -the process in which axons become wrapped in a fatty myelin sheath
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| Define synaptic pruning | -cutting back on the number of synapses
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| Define brain pathways | -bundles of elongated, myelin-insulated neurons that collectively connect different regions of the brain
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| Define reckless | -risky or dangerous
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| Define localization | -one specific part controls aspects of brain activity
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| Define regenerate | -to grow back
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| Define solidifies | -to make solid
-to make come together
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