PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mptp, Temporal Lobe, Terri Schiavo Case
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Neurons: cells in the nervous system that communicate with one another to perform information-processing tasks: fmri: machine that detects areas of the brain with amount of oxygen, oxygenated blood vs. no oxygenated blood. Used how people learn languages; social inclusion; love; religion with belief and prayer: neuroscience is relatively new. Santiago ram n y cajal (1852-1934): first stained neurons in the brain. Cell body: the part of a neuron that coordinates information-processing tasks and keeps the. Dendrite: the part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons and relays it to the cell body. Axon: the part of a neuron that transmits information to other neurons, muscles, or glands. Myelin sheath: an insulating layer of fatty material (coating: glial cells: support cells found in the nervous system. Synapse: the junction of region between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another (don"t connect)
