What Do You Know About Discovery of Neuroscience Flashcards

What do you know about the discovery of Neuroscience? The human mind is one of the most exciting parts of the human body, and scientists have tried to understand it and how it functions for the longest time with a lot of success. If you go through the flashcards below, you will get a chance to learn more about this journey and its findings.

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