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NUEROSCIENCE
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-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF STUDYING HOW BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES RELATE TO BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL PROCESSES
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NEURONS
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-RECEIVE, INTERGRATE AND TRANSMIT INFORMATION
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SENSORY NEURONS
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-SIGNALS FROM SENSES AND ORGANS TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM-CARRY MESSAGES INWARD FROM THE BODY TO CNS
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MOTOR NEURONS
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-SIGNALS FROM CNS TO MUSCLES, GLANDS, ORGANS-CARRY MESSAGES AWAY FROM THE CNS TO THE BODY
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GLIAL CELLS
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-STRUCTURAL SUPPORT INSULATION, GLUE
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DENDRITES
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-RECEIVE INFO FROM OTHER NEURONS AND SENSORY RECEPTORS-SEND THIS INFO TO SOMA
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SOMA(CELL BODY)
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-CONTAINS NUCLEUS-RECEIVES INFO FROM THE DENDRITES AND IF ENOUGH STIMULATION IS RECEIVED IT PASSES THIS INFO TO THE AXON-PROVIDES LIFE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE NEURON
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AXON
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-SENDS INFO FROM THE SOMA TO OTHER NEURONS, MUSCLES OR GLANDS
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MYELIN SHEATH
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-INSULATES AND HELPS SPEED NEURAL IMPULSES -CONTAINS GAP KNOWN AS NODES OF RANVIER
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TERMINAL BUTTONS
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-FORM JUNCTIONS WITH OTHER CELLS AND RELEASES CHEMICALS CALLED NEUROTRANSMITTERS
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SYNAPSE
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-SPACE WHERE INFO IS PASSED FROM ONE NEURON TO ANOTHER
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NEUROTRANSMITTERS
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-CHEMICALS THAT SEND INFO BETWEEN NEURONS -CONTAINED IN SYNAPTIC VESICLES WITHIN TERMINAL BUTTONS
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ACETYLCHOLINE
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-LINKS MOTOR NEURONS AND MUSCLES -LEARNING, MEMORY, REM, SLEEP, EMOTION-PLAYS A SUSPECTED ROLE IN ALZHEIMERS
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DOPAMINE
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-CONTROL OF MOVEMENT/PLEASURE- ATTENTION, HEARING, MEMORY, LEARNING, EMOTION-ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PARKINSON'S
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SEROTONIN
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-REGULATES SLEEP, WAKEFULNESS,EMOTIONS, APPETITE, SENSORY PERCEPTION-ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION
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