Exam 2: Neuroscience

 Which statement is TRUE regarding dopamine? 

 The sex hormones called estrogens are produced by the ____,while the sex hormones called androgens are produced by the ____. 

 The sympathetic nervous system activates a(n)____ response,and the parasympathetic nervous system activates a(n)____ response. 

 The temporal lobes are particularly important in the processing of ____ and ____. 

 Which statement is TRUE regarding the processes of excitation and inhibition? 

 Contrary to the structures of the hindbrain and the midbrain,most structures of the forebrain are ____. 

 The parasympathetic nervous system ____. 

 Myelin ____. 

 When the sympathetic nervous system is active,the ____ releases epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream helping to increase respiration,heart rate,and blood pressure. 

 Juan,a nine-year-old boy,was in an accident and suffered a brain injury.Which neurotransmitter will most likely most help Juan recover functioning after injury? 

 The action potential is directly created when ____. 

 The fact that most of us gain pleasure from eating and sexual activity is at least partially due to the effects of neurotransmitters.Which neurotransmitter is the most likely source of this pleasure? 

 The part of the neuron that receives signals from other neurons is the ____. 

 The use of brain pacemakers to treat depression is associated with which technology for studying the brain? 

 In the case of S.M.reported in your textbook,S.M.has not experienced which emotion during her adult life?​ 

 Describe how one neuron communicates with another neuron in the brain.

 The vesicles at the end of an axon contain ____. 

 Research about the corpus callosum suggests that ____. 

 Synapses occur ____. 

 In the nervous system information is passed through the body's ____,while in the endocrine system information is passed through the body's ____.