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the outermost layer of the brain, visible to the naked eye and divided into two hemisphers | |
areas of the forebrain housed under the cerebral cortex near the very center of the brain | |
neuroT regulates motor behavior, motivation, pleasure, and emotional arousal | |
chemicals that act within the pain pathways and emotion centers of the brain | |
a split brain person sees a key on the left and a ring on the right, when asked to pick up with her left hand what she sees she picks up | |
region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual info | |
neuroT regulates sleep and wakefulness, eating, aggressive behavior | |
an electric signal that is conducted along an axon to a synapse | |
neuroT major excitatory neuroT involved in info transmission throughout brain | |
the par of a neuron that coordinates info-processing tasks and keeps the cell alive | |
the part of the nervous system that is composed of the brain and spinal cord | |
knoblike structures that branch out from an axon | |
a brain structure that regulates sleep, wakefulness, and levels of arousal | |
neurons that carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to produce movement | |
a large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills | |
idea explaining that if you lose a middle finger (for example) the part of the somatosensory area that represents that finger will overtime become responsive to stimulation of adja | |
a set of nerves that carries involuntary and automatic commands that control blood vessels, body organs, and glands | |
parts of the cell membrane that receive the neurotransmitter and initiate a new electric signla | |
a part of the midbrain that is involved in movement and arousal | |
an extension of the spinal cord into the skull that coordinates heart rate, circulation, and respiration | |
the part of a neuron that transmits info to other neurons, muscles, or glands | |
region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, judgement | |
a set of nerves that conveys info into and out of the CNS | |
the part of a neuron that receives info from other neurons and relays it to the cell body | |
the difference in electric charge between the inside and outside of a neuron's cell membrane | |
an interacting network of neurons that conveys electrochemical info throughout the body | |
region of the cerebral cortex whose funcitons include processing info about touch | |
a set of nerves that helps the body return to a normal resting state | |
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