Across
- 2. Lobe responsible for higher-order thinking, planning, judgment
- 4. Bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two hemispheres
- 7. Fatty tissue that speeds neural transmission
- 8. Nerve network inside the brainstem that helps control arousal and alertness
- 10. Master gland controlled by the hypothalamus
- 12. Neural pathway involved in reward, especially dopamine release
- 16. The tiny gap between neurons where neurotransmitters cross
- 18. The body's slow but long-lasting chemical communication network
- 19. Long fiber that carries neural impulses away from the cell body
Down
- 1. Neurotransmitter involved in muscle action; its deterioration leads to Alzheimer’s
- 3. Hemisphere specialization; certain functions more dominant on one side
- 5. Neurotransmitter linked with mood regulation; low levels = depression
- 6. Ion movement across a membrane that triggers action potential
- 9. The brain’s ability to change and reorganize after damage or experience
- 11. Structure in the limbic system that forms new explicit memories
- 13. Branchlike parts of neurons that receive incoming messages
- 14. Differing versions of a gene
- 15. Brain area responsible for fear and aggression processing
- 17. Brain imaging method that detects glucose consumption during neural activity