Across
- 5. neurotransmitter associated with joy and reward; increased levels when in love, decreased levels when suffering from Parkinson’s disease
- 6. processes emotions, initiates the fear response
- 8. major inhibitory neurotransmitter, helps us sleep
- 11. ganglia, initiates motor movements, sends info to the cerebellum; when it deteriorates, Parkinson’s can develop
- 12. a visual representation of the amount of our somatosensory and motor cortexes are devoted to different regions of the body due to the complexity of their sensations and movements
- 13. neurotransmitter involved in arousal/wakefulness, eating and mood; when presynaptic neurons consistently reuptake it too quickly, one may experience depression symptoms
- 15. neurotransmitter involved in voluntary movement, memory, attention and arousal; a lack of it has been tied to Alzheimer’s disease
- 16. the memory consolidator, turns short term memories into long term, can also be involved in the retrieval of spatial memories
- 17. the fundamental unit of the nervous system, organizes in communicative networks
- 18. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
Down
- 1. the relay station that sends info throughout the cortex
- 2. Master regulatory region of the brain, controls our drives
- 3. biological underpinnings of psychological processes
- 4. cortex, involved in complex though, personality, planning, decision making, impulse control and more
- 7. a component of the brain that includes the medulla pons and midbrain, and is largely involved in autonomic functions
- 9. the major excitatory neurotransmitter, which is involved in learning
- 10. the brain’s natural opiates, they relieve pain
- 14. adds precision to complex motor movements, causes “muscle memory”, is easily disrupted by alcohol