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Talking brain
GPS for the Brain
Brain exams
Miss Alaneus
Mrs.Alaneus
“I can activate your senses to a state of alertness. Who am I?”
Reticular formation
“You never even pay attention to me. I control breathing and heart
rate, but I never get any credit. Who am I? (You probably don’t even
know who I am.)”
Medulla
“You would never be able to walk across a tightrope if I was deficient
in you. Who am I?”
Cerebellum
“I help you remember things in the short-term. Who am I? (It would be
rather ironic if you forgot.)”
Hippocampus
“I control aggression and fear. What? Are you afraid of me? Want
to fight? Who am I?”
Amygdala
Cerebral cortex
Thalamus
Medulla
Cerebellum
Pituitary gland
Surgery which destroys brain tissue
Lesion; EEG; CT scan; PET scan; MRI; fMRI
Lesion
Brain x-rays
Lesion; EEG; CT scan; PET scan; MRI; fMRI
CT scan
Could measure brain activity during a mental task
Lesion; EEG; CT scan; PET scan; MRI; fMRI
fMRI
Recording brain activity through electrical measurements
Lesion; EEG; CT scan; PET scan; MRI; fMRI
EEG
This requires a tracer, sometimes radioactive glucose, to detect brain
activity
Lesion; EEG; CT scan; PET scan; MRI; fMRI
PET scan
Epileptic seizures may force this to be cut
Corpus collosum
Using a series of incoherent words in regular speech may suggest apahsia
to this area
Wernicke’s
The inability to speak may be caused by aphasia to this area
Broca’s
I am not a neurotransmitter, but I can pretend to be one. I would be
classified as a/an ____________.
Agonist; antagonist?
Agonist
The brain’s ability to reorganize after damage or to develop new
pathways is known as…
plasticity
In a neuron at resting potential, the charge outside the neuron is
_________ caused by an abundance of ___________.
Positive; Sodium
I’m kind of a big deal in the endocrine system…but the
hypothalamus tells me what to do.
Pituitary gland
When neurotransmitters go home, this is known as…
reuptake
When an action potential is traveling down the axon, the neuron is…
Polarized; depolarized?
Depolarized
I am produced by the pituitary gland and help you feel less pain.
endorphins
