https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k Pysch unit 2 en-us 2017-09-14 14:17:27 UTC 2023-05-10 03:49:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187578213 A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. (Some biological psychologists call themselves behavioral neuroscientists, neurologists, behavior genetics, physiological psychologists, or biopsychologists.)]]> 2017-09-14 14:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187578213 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187580834 A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system ]]> 2017-09-14 14:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187580834 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187582862 The bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receives messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body. ]]> 2017-09-14 14:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187582862 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187586240 The extension of a neuron ending in branching terminal fibers through which messages pass to other neurons or muscles or glands.]]> 2017-09-14 14:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187586240 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187593835 A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neuron impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next]]> 2017-09-14 14:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187593835 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187954544 A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. The action potential is generated by the movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axons menbrane]]> 2017-09-15 14:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187954544 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187956900 The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse]]> 2017-09-15 14:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187956900 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187957215 The junction between the axon top of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron. The tiny gap at the junction is call the synaptic gap or clef.]]> 2017-09-15 14:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187957215 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187957815 Chemical messengers that travel transverse the synaptic gaps between neurons. When released by the sending neuron, neurotransmitters travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse.]]> 2017-09-15 14:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187957815 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187959787 A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction.]]> 2017-09-15 14:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187959787 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187960317 "Morphine within"- natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure.]]> 2017-09-15 14:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187960317 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187962288 The body's speedy , electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems.]]> 2017-09-15 14:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187962288 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187962974 The brain and spinal cord]]> 2017-09-15 14:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187962974 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187963172 The sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body]]> 2017-09-15 14:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187963172 Nataliemorrow_ https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187963727 Neural "cables" containing many axons. These bundled axons, which are part of the PNS, connect the CNS with muscles, glands, and sense organs.]]> 2017-09-15 14:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Nataliemorrow_/i214dq4wny2k/wish/187963727