Brain & Behavior Exam #2

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Across
  1. 5. Our brain's attempt to understand a stimulus
  2. 9. Competition among neurons in which the supported survive
  3. 10. Drug is administered then absorbed in bloodstream
  4. 14. Cells in neural plate, skin and neural tissue
  5. 15. Diffuses from the postsynaptic neuron back to presynaptic neuron
  6. 17. Signaling protein important for spinal cord formation
  7. 18. Amount of drug available to bind to receptors
  8. 19. Study of the factors that affect gene expression
  9. 20. Increase or mimic neurotransmitters (Full activation)
  10. 21. The extent of a drugs effect
  11. 23. What the body does to the drugs
  12. 25. Enzyme responsible for metabolizing caffeine
  13. 27. Receptor protein with an ion channel that opens when bound by agonsit (ligand gated ion channels)
  14. 28. Birth defect associated with extra digits
  15. 29. Something that disturbs or halts the development of an embryo
  16. 31. The concept that specific neurons are for particular sensations
  17. 34. Chemical modification of DNA that makes genes less likely to be expressed but does not affect nucleotide sequence
  18. 35. Drug is removed from body along with the metabolites
Down
  1. 1. Antagonist for adenosine and slightly agonist for acetylcholine and glutamate
  2. 2. Drug is broken down by enzymes
  3. 3. No sense of smell
  4. 4. Dose given (x axis) versus Drug's effects (y axis)
  5. 6. The study of drug induced changes to the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous system
  6. 7. Agonist for GABA and antagonist for Glutamate
  7. 8. Opens channels indirectly and slowly produces longer lasting effects
  8. 11. How drugs affect and make changes in the body
  9. 12. Pain reducing abilities
  10. 13. Cells in neural plate, skeleton and cardiac tissue
  11. 16. Disorder linked to the failure of the neural tube to close near the base of the spine
  12. 21. Median effective dose of a drug
  13. 22. Inability to metabolize this can lead to an intellectual disability, can be controlled by changes to diet
  14. 24. The synthesis and release of more than one type of neurotransmitter by a neuron
  15. 26. Respond to painful stimuli in the PNS
  16. 30. Reduce or prevents neurotransmitters (No activation)
  17. 32. Median toxic dose of a drug
  18. 33. Cells in neural plate, respiratory system and digestion