Studied by 3 people
acetylcholine (ACh)
enables muscle action, learning, memory; basel forebrain
dopamine
influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
norepinephrine
helps control alertness and arousal
GABA
a major inhibitory neurotransmitter
glutamate
a major excitatory neurotransmitter; involved in memory
endorphins
neurotransmitters that influence the perception of pain or pleasure
substance p
involved in pain perception and immune response
medulla
heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, etc.
cerebral cortex
consists of: temporal, occipital, frontal, parietal
grey matter
consists of cell bodies
white matter
consists of myelinated axons
pons
handles unconscious process and jobs, such as the circadian rhythm and breathing
cerebellum
muscle control, including balance and movement
brain stem
breathing, consciousness, blood pressure, heart rate, and sleep
occipital lobe
visual processing centre, distance and depth perception, colour determination, object and facial recognition, memory formation
temporal lobe
audio processing centre, managing emotions, processing information from senses, storing and retrieving memories, understanding language (Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas)
parietal lobe
processes the sense of touch, assembles input from other senses to form something you can use
frontal lobe
thinking, planning, moving, remembering, social skills, personality, helps one understand and control how one talks, behave, and interact with others
Broca’s area
articulation production, repetition, and comprehension, grammar and sentence fluidity
Wernicke’s area
speech comprehension, reading, and transforming visual impressions of letters into mental representations of speech sounds
hippocampus
responsible for memory and learning: remember both short and long term, awareness from environment
hypothalamus
body temperature, heart rate, and hunger
amygdala
emotions processing: fight flight freeze, links emotions to memories, learning, and one’s senses
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