Biological Bases of Behavior

  • Parts of the neuron
  • Efferent/afferent neurons
  • the neral impluse...resting potential, action potential, depolarization, hyperpolarization, refractory period
  • glial cells
  • myelin
  • neurotransmitters (Acetycholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, GABA, substance P, glutanate, endorphine)
  • presynaptic cell, postsynaptic cell
  • reuptake
  • receptors
  • postsynaptic potential
  • all-or-none principle
  • placebo effect
  • Organization of the Nervous System
  • Peripheral nervous system (soati/automatic; sympathetic, parasympathetic)
  • Central nervous system (spinal cord/brain)
  • Brain images (CT, PET, MRI, EEG)
  • What is the oldest part of the brain?
  • Know research methods on the brain
  • Hindbrian: medulla, pons, reticular formation (RAS), locus coeruleus, cerebellum
  • Midbrain: thalmus, hypothalamus, suprachiasmatic nuclei, cerebrum, amygdala, hippocampus, limbic system, cerebral cortex
  • Cerebral Cortex - hemispheres: somatosensory, cortex, Broca's area, Wernice's area, Association Cortex
  • Aphasia
  • Olds and Milner study on the hypothalamus
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Huntington's Disease
  • fissures
  • left/right brain differences
  • split brain research...how? What? Sperry
  • corpus callosum
  • synaptic plasticity
  • Endocrine system
  • fight or flight syndrome
  • nootropics ("smart drugs")
  • Recessive genes
  • Pitutary gland
  • Brain development in children
  • Antagonists/Agonists