You will learn  The main sections of the brain, where they are and their functions  The brain can change it “rewires” itself  Healthy habits for the brain, diet is key!

FUN FACTS  Average brain is 3 pounds  2% of body weight, yet uses 20% of oxygen supply and gets 20% blood flow.  If deprived of oxygen for 3 to 5 minutes brain cells die. After 8 minutes irreversible brain damage occurs.

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 ofA ofA (neurons)  Neurotransmission Neurotransmission  d1c d1c (how caffeine works)

Types of Neurons (Text Pg.279)  Sensory Neurons – environmental information collected by sense organs  Interneurons – Located in the Brain & Spinal Cord, collect impulses from and send impulses to your body  Motor Neurons – send nerve impulses to muscles and glands

Neurotransmitters  Dopamine: Pleasure and RewardPleasure and Reward  Serotonin: Mood, Sleep, Perception & ApetiteMood, Sleep, Perception & Apetite  Acetylcholine: Muscle ContractionMuscle Contraction  GABA: Motor Control  Glutamate: Learning and Memory

Brain Stem – Breathing and blood pressure

Limbic System -emotion, behavior, long term memory. (Animal part of brain)

Limbic System inside the brain

Frontal lobe - reasoning, planning, parts of speech and problem solving. (All decisions are made here)

 Occipital lobe - Concerned with many aspects of vision

 Parietal lobe- perception of stimuli related to touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.

 Temporal lobe - recognition and stimulation of auditory stimuli (hearing) and memory (hippocampus)

Cerebellum  Cerebellum-coordination, smooth movements of the skeletal system.

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