Exam 2: Neuroscience

The symptoms of depression that may follow heavy use of MDMA (ecstasy) may result from depleted levels of ____.

A specific receptor site and its specific neurotransmitter are analogous to ____.

Reuptake describes the ____.

You may not want to spend money to attend a seminar on becoming more of a right-brain thinker in light of recent research. What do these findings indicate?

When a neurotransmitter makes the postsynaptic cell more positive inside, ____ has occurred.

Researchers wish to know which part of a rat's brain is most active as the rat listens to music. Which of the following technologies is most likely to be useful to the researchers in this situation?

Which neurotransmitter is the primary target of drugs, such as Prozac, that are used to treat depression?

The motor cortex is located in the ____ lobe of the cortex.

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

Those who are prescribed Prozac are presumed to have ____ in their brain.

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

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

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

Blood sugar levels in the body are regulated by which part of the endocrine system?

Axons on neurons in the brain are typically ____.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the resting potential of a neuron?

?70 millivolts is to ____ as ?55 millivolts is to ____.

A synapse is essentially a (n) ____.

Endorphins ____.

On the dance floor, when you want to make an impressive dance move, information is sent through your ____ neurons to make your muscles respond appropriately.