Across
- 3. Processes visual input
- 4. Ions crossing a membrane that requires energy
- 6. The process by which an action potential is carried down the axon
- 7. Outermost layer of the cerebrum where most of the brain's neurons are located
- 10. Point of communication between two neurons
- 11. Primary _____ Cortex; Processes somatosensation
- 17. Processes motion perception
- 24. _____ Cortex; Processes auditory signals
- 25. Nerve cells that communicate across long distances and trigger actions
- 26. The pathway by which visual signals are communicated to the brain
- 29. The strength of connection between synapses changes in the short and long term
- 31. An opening in a membrane that ions pass through
- 32. ____ neuron; the second neuron in a synapse that receives the signal
- 33. The membrane potential at which a particular ion reaches equilibrium
- 36. Non-neuronal cells in the nervous system
- 38. Changing synapses can impact brain development and information storage
- 39. Parts of the nervous system encased in bone (brain and spinal cord)
- 41. Primary _____ Cortex; Region of the occipital lobe that processes visual input
- 42. Neural processing of injurious stimuli
- 43. Strengthening a behavioral response to stimulus
- 44. Proteins that have specialized openings in neuronal membranes
- 45. Changes in postsynaptic receptors strengthens a synapse and can impact memory
Down
- 1. Signals are sent between two neurons across the synapse
- 2. A membrane potential becomes more positive
- 5. Seperates the cytosol of the inside of a neuron from the outside of the cell
- 8. Signaling chemicals that float across the synaptic cleft and bind to the post synaptic neuron
- 9. Primary _____ Cortex; Processes taste signals
- 12. Record electrical activity of neurons
- 13. Translating light, sound, or pressure into electrochemical signals
- 14. Times in an organism's development with especially high neuroplasticity
- 15. Absorb and transduce light
- 16. Primary _____ Cortex; Processes movement
- 18. Learning to ignore a stimulus that lacks meaning
- 19. Transmits output signals from the neuron
- 20. The creation of new neurons
- 21. Electrical potential across a neuronal membrane when a cell is active
- 22. Path of transmission between the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus
- 23. Emotional regions of the brain; includes the amygdala, hypothalamus, and cingulate gyrus
- 27. The difference between electrical charge inside and outside of a cell
- 28. A membrane potential becomes more negative
- 30. Atoms with a positive or negative electrical charge
- 34. Sense of touch, temperature, pain, pressure, and vibrartion
- 35. Gap between two neurons
- 37. Fatty glial cells that insulate the axon
- 40. _____ neuron; the first neuron in a synapse that sends the signal