Across
- 5. _______sleep is also referred to as Rapid Eye Movement, constituting about 20-25% of sleep
- 7. A nerve ending that detects pain stimuli
- 9. A record of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain
- 11. A pharmacological class of drugs that induce sleep
- 12. The site of the brain for perception, integration, movement control, consciousness, intelligence and thinking.
- 13. A loss of this capacity is a symptom of Alzheimer's disease
- 14. The thalamus is located here.
- 19. Also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine
- 20. It regulates the water balance in the body
- 24. It binds to opiate receptors and mimics the action of morphine
- 27. GABA promotes the inward movement of this ion into neurons to cause inhibition
- 29. A neurological disorder in which a fluid-filled cyst (syrinx) forms within the spinal cord
- 30. ______ rhythm of amplitude 250-300uV which is the normal rhythm recorded during deep sleep
- 32. A drug that reduces pain but maintains consciousness
- 33. Point of contact between neurons where information is sent from one neuron to the other
- 34. Basal ________ control and regulate motor functions
Down
- 1. Decline in the frequency of action potentials discharged from receptors on continuous stimulation
- 2. The hind brain
- 3. Incoordination of voluntary movements
- 4. A drug that produces hallucination
- 5. Sensation felt deep inside the body, like in the joints
- 6. It is an inhibitory neurotransmitter
- 8. Abnormalities of language functions (speech)
- 10. The _________ fluid provides nourishment, waste removal, and protection to the brain and spinal cord
- 11. A condition of lack of oxygen that decreases synaptic transmission
- 15. This neurotransmitter is mostly found in the substantia nigra of the midbrain.
- 16. The central nervous system consists of the _______ and the spinal cord.
- 17. A condition that causes frequent seizure in the brain
- 18. A drug that increases synaptic transmission too strongly to cause convulsion
- 19. This infection can cause tabes dorsalis
- 21. The deep part or the groove of the cerebrum
- 22. The brain controls this by talking to the body with the help of hormones that travel through the blood to the body and back
- 23. A brain disorder manifested by muscle rigidity, akinesia and static tremors
- 25. A condition of increased pain sensibility in the healthy areas surrounding the site of injury
- 26. The system involved in emotional reactions
- 28. They detect energy changes in both the external and internal environments of the body
- 31. A disorder in articulation only which results from lesions of either the centres that control movement or their nervous pathway