Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hindbrain, Gyrus, Cingulate Cortex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Psychology 1000 - lecture 7 - brain/nervous system/neurophysiology iii. The branch of the nervous system that is responsible for increasing pulse and heart rate, and preparing us for action is the. The brain imaging technique that reads the amount of glucose consumed by neurons and generates images of patterns of brain activity is the: Communication (sends signals to and from the brain to different parts of body) To clean and to prevent toxins from entering the neuron. Must reach threshold of -55 mv and automatically becomes +40 mv. 1/1000 seconds before neuron can fire another action potential again. Sum of all activities over space/area on dendrites. Sum of all activities over time on one area of dendrites. Consists of the brain and spinal cord. Spinal cord attaches to the base of the brain/skull. Inside the dura matter produced in spaces of the brain called ventricle. Brain floats inside dura matter in the cerebro fluid.