PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Module 3.2: Autonomic Nervous System, Resting Potential, Endocrine System

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Module 3. 2 how the nervous system works: cells and neurotransmitters . Your knowledge of neurotransmitters to form hypotheses about drug actions. The claim that we are born with all the nerve cells we will ever have. The key terminology associated with nerve cells, hormones, and their functioning. The ways that drugs and other substances affect the brain. The taipan snake can kill a person within 30 minutes by attacking nervous system cells that are working together to maintain a heartbeat or breathing (for example). Neuron: one of the major types of cells found in the nervous system, that are responsible for sending and receiving messages throughout the body. Neurons are designed so that one part of the cell will receive information while another will transmit information. Cell body: (cid:894)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the so(cid:373)a(cid:895) the part of the (cid:374)euro(cid:374) that (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)s the (cid:374)u(cid:272)leus that houses the (cid:272)ell"s ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) material.