More excitatory signals above the threshold for activation will not affect the intensity of na action potential because the neurons reaction is an
All or non response
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Auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are linked to the activation of areas in which brain area?
Temporal Lobes
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For you to be able to walk, ___ must relay messages from your central nervous system to your leg muscles
Motor neurons
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The ability to draw different figures with the right and left hands is a characteristic are in those whose ____ has been cut
Corpus callosum
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If a drug mimics an endorphins euphoric effect, what kind of molecule are these drugs?
Agonists
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Molecules similar to a neurotransmitter to bind its receptor sites on a dendrite and block the effects are called what?
Antagonists
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Adding a series of 3 digit numbers causes a person to have increased brain waves and blood flow to which brain structure?
Left hemisphere
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Gland that regulates body growth
Pituitary
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Brain structure that receives information from all the senses except smell
Thalamus
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Located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord
Interneurons
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You broke your finger… ______ must relay messages from your finger to your central nervous system.
Sensory neurons
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Psychoactive drugs interfere with normal neural transmission. Where does this interference take place?
Synapse
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To identify which specific brain areas are most active during a particular mental task, researchers would be most likely to make use of a(n)
FMRI
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The tremors of Parkinson's disease result from the death of nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter
Dopamine
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The medulla is in control of ___
Breathing
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The cerebellum is in control of ___
Walking
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Prozac, a drug commonly prescribed to treat depression, prevents the sending neuron from taking in excess serotonin. Which process does this drug prevent from taking place?
Reuptake
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New memories
Hippocampus
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Under supply of serotonin is linked to
Depression
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reabsorption of excess neurotransmitter molecules by a sending neuron
Reuptake
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After Kathy’s serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum. Kathy is most likely to have difficulty
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