Brain Flashcards

• Label the neuron: nucleus, dendrite, soma, axon, myelin sheath, synapses, axon terminal.

  
• Hippocampus function: memory, learning, and emotion.
• Cerebellum function: coordination of movement, balance, posture, and muscle tone.
• Prefrontal cortex function: planning, problem solving, decision making, abstract thinking, language, and consciousness
• Pituitary gland function: releases hormones that control other glands
• Amygdala function: Emotional processing, emotional memory, emotional regulation
• Brain stem function: Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, swallowing, and sleeping
• Hypothalamus function: controls the endocrine system, temperature, hunger, thirst, and sexual arousal
• Synapse: the gap between neurones that allows the transmission of nerve impulses.
• Role of serotonin and dopamine as neurotransmitters: This means they are chemical message carriers between nerve cells in the brain as well as to and from other areas of your body
• How less serotonin will make you feel: Depressed, anxious, agitated, restless, irritable, and sleepless
• Action potential: the electrical impulse that travels along the axon of a neuron.
• If dopamine is associated with drinking coffee, and you quit drinking coffee you will feel: anxious and a decrease in energy.
• Too much GABA means: Slows down the brain, reduces alertness, and can cause depression
• GABA: Gamma-aminobutyric acid 
• Neuroplasticity means the brain can change and learn new things.