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Biopsychology

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Biopsychology

Nervous system
1. CNS
  1. Brain
  2. Spinal Cord
    1. The main function is too relay information between the brain and the rest of the body
  3. Controls the bodies physiological processes of the body and behaviour
2. Peripheral Nervous system
  1. Autonomic nervous system
    1. Sympathetic Nervous syestem
    2. Parasympathetic Nervous System
  2. Somatic Nervous System
Neurons
1. Synaptic transmission
  1. Action potential propagates along the axon towards presynaptic membrance
    1. Action potential stimulates vesicles to migrate towards pre synaptic membrane
      1. Vesicles fuse with membrane whilst the neautrotransitters diffue across the synapse and bind with receptor molecules on the membrane of the next neuron
        The receptor molecules on the second neurononly bind with specific chemicals

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