Psychology Chapter 3 (set 1 of 2)

acetylcholine (ACh):

action potential

adoption studies

alleles

all-or-none principle

Amygdala

antisense

aphasia

arborization

association cortex

autonomic nervous system (ANS)

axon

basal ganglia

behavioural genetics

Broca’s area

central nervous system (CNS)

cerebellum

cerebral cortex

chromosomes

cingulate gyrus

concentration gradient

contralaterality

contralateral neglect

corpus callosum

dendrites

depolarization

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

dominant genes

dopamine

electrical gradient

electroencephaolography (EEG)

electrophysiology

enzymatic degradation

epigenetics

Epinephrine/adrenaline

event-related potential (ERP)

fraternal twins

identical twins

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)

gene-by-environment interaction research

genes

genome

glial cells

glutamate

graded potentials

heritability

hippocampus

hyperpolarization

hypothalamus

insula

interneurons

ions

knockout

lesioning

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

medulla

microdialysis

monogenic transmission

motor neurons

myelin sheath

neurogenesis

neurons

neuroplasticity

neurotransmitters

nodes of Ranvier

norepinephrine

nucleus accumbens

parasympathetic nervous system

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

polygenic transmission

pons

positron emission tomography (PET)

postsynaptic neuron

presynaptic neuron

prosopagnosia

recessive gene

reflexes

refractory period

resting potential

reticular formation

sensory neurons

serotonin

soma

somatic nervous system

sympathetic nervous system

synapse

synaptic vesicles

synaptogenesis

terminals

thalamus

threshold

transgenic

twin studies

twin-adoption studies

viral-mediated gene transfer

Wernicke’s area