Exam 2: Neuroscience

 When neurotransmitters bind with receptor sites,what is the essential event that eventually causes the postsynaptic neuron to generate an action potential? 

 Although both hemispheres of the cortex work together,the left hemisphere seems to be more active during ____ processing,while the right hemisphere seems to be more active during ____. 

 Which brain structure is part of the forebrain? 

 The action of tying your shoes is most likely to involve the ____ system. 

 Reflexive activity,such as jerking your hand away from a hot stove,is governed by the ____. 

 You have just witnessed a car accident.Your heart rate and respiration rate are likely to be elevated due to ____ nervous system activity. 

 Damage to Wernicke's area typically leads to an inability to ____. 

 Dr.Bush specializes in the study of hormones and neurotransmitters.His research would show that ____. 

 Which structure is a lobe of the cortex? 

 Potassium ions (K+)will continue to leave the neuron until the neuron's ____. 

 As one of Wilbur's neurons fires an action potential,the charge inside the neuron becomes ____. 

 Glia cells ____. 

 If you needed to explain to your friend what the synapse is,what would you say? 

 Many sedative medications such as Valium and phenobarbital exert their effects by acting on ____.​ 

 Each neuron in the brain can potentially synapse with up to ____ other neuron(s). 

 Each type of neurotransmitter has a specific ____,and each type of receptor site has a specific ____. 

 Acetylcholine is thought to play a role in ____. 

 Reuptake is essential to normal neurological function because it ensures that the ____. 

 Describe the effect of having a split brain.What would happen if information were given only to the right or the left hemisphere?

 Hedda takes a drug that increases the amount of acetylcholine in her brain.Hedda is most likely taking this drug for which condition?