1. Chapter 8 The Brain in control of it all

2. Evolution of the Brain

3. The Primitive Brain Still Resides in the Human Brain

4. The Brain Controls all functions of the body The purpose is to protect the brain’s environment The brain selects its own environment from the general water environment of the body, the blood The brain collects information and adjusts the body

5. Information Blood: hormones

6. The Nerve Cell

7. Transmitting A Signal

8. Neurotransmitters Many different neurotransmitters Some depolarize, make the inside/outside less different (facilitate passing on signals) Some hyperpolarize, make the inside/outside more different (inhibit passing on signals) Some go both ways depending on the receiving cell)

9. Signaling

10. Nerve Cell

11. In general each nerve cell receives signals from many other nerve cells and sends signals to many other nerve cells

12. Spinal cord

13. Reflexes

14. Autonomic Nervous system Parasympathetic Sympathetic

15. Medulla Autonomic nervous system, breathing etc

16. Hypothalmus and pituitary gland

17. Pituitary Gland Portal vein Hypothalamus

18. Balance: Negative Feedback

19. Limbic System

20. Reticular Activating System

21. The basic core of the brain

22. Cerebellum: motor guidance Cerebellum

23. Cerebral Cortex

24. Localized Functions

25. Two Brains

26. Drugs Information or disinformation Alter balance Tollerance Dependance