Neuroscience and Behavior PSYCHOLOGY Chapter 3 Neuroscience and Behavior
information processing and to other interneurons are information processing nerve cells INTERNEURONS connect sensory, motor, and to other interneurons
AXON, DENDRITE, SYNAPSE AXON sends (acts on) DENTRITE receives (“tree”) SYNAPSE: junction where axons and dendrites connect
The Synapse
ACTION POTENTIAL ALL OR NOTHING FIRING
NEUROTRANSMITTER FUNCTION AGONISTS enhance or mimic ANTAGONISTS inhibit or block
NERVOUS SYSTEM CENTRAL (CNS) AUTONOMIC (ANS) LIMBIC BRAIN and SPINAL CORD AUTONOMIC (ANS) SYMPATHETIC; PARASYMPATHETIC LIMBIC EMOTION, MOTIVATION, LEARNING, and MEMORY
Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
Cerebral cortex and brain lobes
The case of Phineas Gage