Across
- 5. Elimination of underused synapses (2 words)
- 6. A nerve cell that receives and transmits neural information
- 7. The process of developing the myelin sheath around the axon of a neuron
- 10. The brain's ability to change in response to experiences
- 11. Developing new branches on the dendrites or axons
- 14. Changes in response to expected environmental experiences (2 words)
- 15. A region that includes axon terminals, synaptic gap, and dendrites
- 16. Neuron's ability to form new connections with undamaged neurons
- 17. The space between two neurons (2 words)
Down
- 1. Changes in response to unqiue environmental experiences (2 words)
- 2. Neuron type that fires the message across the synaptic gap
- 3. Rapid formation of new dendrites and axon terminals
- 4. Part of the cell that receives neuronal messages
- 7. Insulates the neuron and prevents disturbances
- 8. The process by which new neurons are formed in the brain
- 9. The brain's ability to restore neural funtioning after injury (2 words)
- 12. Neuron type that recieves the message
- 13. Type of plasticity that occurs in response to ageing
- 18. Sends neuronal messages to the next neuron (2 words)