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| Question | Answer |
| Name the 4 lobes each hemisphere of the brain is divided into? | Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal |
| What is neural plasticity? | It is the ability of neutrons to change their structure and function as a result of environmental and genetic factors |
| What is hemispheric lateralization | This refers to the relatively large location of a certain function on one hemisphere or the other |
| What nervous system prepares your body for flight or fight? | The sympathetic nervous system |
| Name the parts of the peripheral nervous system | Autonomic, Somatic, Sympathetic, Parasympathetic |
| What part of the brain allows or prevent messages being passed on to the higher brain centres | Reticular formation |
| Name the parts of the central nervous system | The brain and spinal chord |
| What is GABA? Gamma-Amino Butyric acid | It inhibits nerve transmission in the brain, calming nervous activity. Alcohol as an agonist stimulates the activity of GABA |
| Chemicals that produce changes in consciousness, emotion, and behaviour are called what drugs? | Psychoactive drugs |
| At rest a neutron has more ---- ions outside and more ---- ions inside | Na, K |
| The neurotransmitter Endorphin is the best known... | NEUROMODULATOR: they have a more widespread and generalized effect on synaptic transmissions. It increases feeling of well-being and reduces pain. |
| PET (Positron emission tomography) scans are able to measure: | neurotransmitter activity, metabolism, blood flow, brain activity |
| The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is involved in? | Memory and muscle activity |
| Which disorder are related to the malfunctioning of the neurotransmitter serotonin? | Depression, sleeping, eating disorders |
| Functions of the cerebellum? | muscle movement coordination, memory and learning |
| Limbic system? | Coordinates motivational and emotional urges, involved in memory, two key structures are hippocampus and amygdala |
| Glial cells? | Support nerve cells, absorb toxins, produce nutrient for neurons. Non-neuronal cells that maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and provide support and protection for neurons in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. |