Unit 1A: the nervous system

Unit 1A: Vocabulary-The Nervous System

Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)

Peripheral nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

Sympathetic nervous system

Parasympathetic nervous system

Somatic nervous system

Neurons

Glial cells

Reflex arc

Sensory neurons

Motor neurons

Interneurons

Neural transmission

Action potential

All-or-nothing principle

Depolarization

Refractory period

Resting potential

Reuptake

Threshold

Multiple sclerosis

Myasthenia gravis

Excitatory neurotransmitters

Inhibitory neurotransmitters

Dopamine

Serotonin

Norepinephrine

Glutamate

GABA

Endorphins

Substance p

Acetylcholine

Hormones

Adrenaline

Leptin

Ghrelin

Melatonin

Oxytocin

Agonists

Antagonists

Brain stem

Medulla

Reticular activating system

Reward center

Cerebellum

Cerebral cortex

Limbic system

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Pituitary gland

Hippocampus

Amygdala

Corpus callosum

Occipital lobes

Temporal lobes

Parietal lobes

Association areas

Somatosensory cortex

Frontal lobes

Linguistic processing

Higher-order thinking

Executive functioning

Prefrontal cortex

Motor cortex

Split brain research

Hemispheric specialization

Broca’s area

Wernicke’s area

Aphasia (Broca’s and Wernicke’s)

Contralateral hemispheric organization

Plasticity

EEG

fMRI

Lesioning