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Psych part2

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cell body   soma, includes nucleus and mitochondria  
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dendrite   where information comes into the cell, includes dendrites spines  
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Axon   where the information travels or goes through,includes Myelin, nodes of Ranvier, axon terminals (terminal buttons)  
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Myelin   fatty substance surrounding the Axon that speeds the ability of neurons to communicate with each other  
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Nodes of Ranvier   exposed bits of Axon (in between myelin)  
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Schwann cells   attach themselves to the Axon and as they grow, they completely coat the axon multiple times surrounding the axon (that is the myelin), insulate the axon for better electrical connections  
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(Axon) Presynaptic terminals   where communication occurs, where information comes out of, connects to muscle  
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input zone   dendrites, cell body  
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conducting zone   axon, cell body, dendrites  
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output zone   axon terminals  
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The law of forward conduction   information travels through a neuron always in the same direction  
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Communicate by changes in rate of firing   Nerve impulses are always of the same magnitude, the rate only changes  
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Neurons fire in all-or-none fashion   Needs chemical changes at the axon pila to generate a nerve impulse, if there is no chemical change then there is no nerve impulse  
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membranes   cell walls  
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Ions   atoms or group of atoms that carry an electric charge  
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Gated ion channel   sometimes open and sometimes closed, has the ability to close, stop and allow the flow of ions  
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Semi-permeable ion channel   they will allow the passage of some ions and not others, the channel might be so small that large ions cannot get through  
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Electrostatic force   ions of different electrical charge will want to go in the direction of their opposites  
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Diffusion force   down a concentration gradient, “resting” potential because they are still waiting for their purpose but firing of neurons are still happening  
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Resting potential   More negatively charged particles inside neuron and more positively charged particles outside neurons, an electrical polarization across the membrane of an axon  
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graded potential    
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action potential   an excitation that travels along an axon at a constant strength, no matter how far it must travel  
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potential    
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glia    
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terminal bouton   presynaptic ending  
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neurotransmitter   a chemical that can activate receptors on other neurons  
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post-synapse neuron   the neuron on the receiving end of the synapse  
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physiological explanation   describes the mechanism that produces a behavior  
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evolutionary explanation   relates behavior to the evolutionary history of the species  
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electroencephalograph (EEG)   uses electrodes on the scalp to record rapid changes in brain electrical activity  
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magnetoencephalograph (MEG)   records magnetic changes in the brain electrical activity  
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unexplained performance syndrome    
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positronemission tomography (PET)   records radioactivity of various brain areas emitted from injected chemicals  
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functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)   uses magnetic detectors outside the head to compare the amounts of hemoglobin with and without oxygen in different brain areas  
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central nervous system   consists of the brain and the spinal cord, communicates with the rest of the body through the peripheral nervous system  
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peripheral nervous system   consists of bundles of nerves between the spinal cord and the rest of the body  
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autonomic nervous system   the peripheral nerves that control the heart, stomach, and other internal organs (that are involuntary)  
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cerebral cortex   outer covering of the forebrain  
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Gated ion channel   sometimes open and sometimes closed, has the ability to close, stop and allow the flow of ions  
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Semi-permeable ion channel   they will allow the pasage of some ions and not others, the channel might be so small that large ions cannot get through  
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Acetylcholine (Ach):   released at skeletal muscles  
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Dopamine (DA):   movement, attention, learning  
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Loss of dopamine   Parkinson’s disease  
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Norepinephrine (NE):   wakefulness  
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Serotonin (5-HT):   eating, sleep, pain  
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Endogenous opioids (endorphin) (internally occurring) (morph like substances):   analgesia, reinforcement, A long distance runner will release this early in a race so that their muscles do not hurt as much, Taste  
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Temporal lobe   Auditory cortex, Aspects of emotion, Verbal comprehension (lateralized)  
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Occipital lobe   Visual cortex  
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amygdala   a subcortical structure deep within the temporal lobe, responds strongly to emotional situations  
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frontal lobe   primary motor cortex, aspects of memory (planning), speech production (lateralized), evolutionary new piece of the brain, phineas gage, personality (maybe)  
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parietal lobe   somatosensory cortex, specialized for the body sense (touch, pain, temperature, awareness of location of body parts in space) (phantom limbs)  
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somatosensory cortex   awareness of location of body parts in space  
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prefrontal cortex   anterior sections of the frontal lobe that contribute to certain aspects of memory and to the organization and planning of movements (decision making)  
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Cerebrum   Rapid movement, Smooth movement, Parkinson’s disease can be found here iv. Timing  
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