IMPORTANT TERMS PSYCHOBIOLOGY

MENTAL PROCESSES

NEURONS

SENSORY NEURONS

MOTOR NEURONS

INTERNEURONS

BRAIN CIRCUITS

CELL BODY

CELL MEMBRANE

AXON

TERMINAL BUTTON

DENDRITE

RESTING POTENTIAL

ACTION POTENTIAL

ALL-OR-NONE LAW

MYELIN

SYNAPSE

SYNAPTIC CLEFT

NEUROTRANSMITTER

ENDOGENOUS CANNABINOID

RECEPTORS

EXCITATORY INPUTS

INHIBITORY INPUTS

REUPTAKE

AGONIST

ANTAGONIST

GLIAL CELLS

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (ANS)

SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

SENSORY-SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (SSNS)

SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

SPINAL CORD

MENINGES

CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE

CORPUS CALLOSUM

CEREBRAL CORTEX

SULCI

GYRI

SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES

BRAIN SYSTEM

OCCIPITAL LOBES

TEMPORAL LOBES

PARIETAL LOBES

FRONTAL LOBES

FOREBRAIN

THALAMUS

HYPOTHALAMUS

HIPPOCAMPUS

AMYGDALA

LIMBIC SYSTEM

BASAL GANGLIA

NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS

MEDULLA

PONS

CEREBELLUM

HINDBRAIN

MIDBRAIN

HORMONES

NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM

PITUITARY GLAND

LESION

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG)

MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (MEG)

COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT OR CAT)

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (fMRI)

TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS)

MENDELIAN INHERITANCE

GENE

GENOTYPE

PHENOTYPE

COMPLEX INHERITANCE/ POLYGENETIC INHERITANCE

PLASTICIY

PASSIVE INTERACTION

BEHAVIORAL GENETICS

HERITABILITY

EVOLUTION

NATURAL SELECTION

ADAPTATION