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

7. Information

8. The Nerve Cell

9. Transmitting A Signal

10. Signaling

11. 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)

12. Nerve Cell +

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

14. Spinal cord

15. Excitation and Inhibition Work Together

16. Autonomic Nervous system Parasympathetic Sympathetic

17. CALM Excited/danger

18. Medulla Autonomic nervous system, breathing etc

19. Hypothalmus and pituitary gland

20. Pituitary Gland

21. Balance: Negative Feedback

22. Limbic System

23. Reticular Activating System

24. The basic core of the brain

25. Cerebellum: motor guidance Cerebellum

26. Cerebral Cortex

27. Localized Functions

28. Two Brains

29. Drugs Information or disinformation Alter balance Tolerance Dependence