What Are Neurotransmitters?
a chemical substance which is released at the end of a nerve fibre by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, effects the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fibre, a muscle fibre, or some other structure.
a cell in the tissue of the brain.
a neuron
a signal transmitted along a nerve fibre. It consists of a wave of electrical depolarization that reverses the potential difference across the nerve cell membranes.
Give an example of a neurotransmitter.
Axon
Atom
Serotonin
For what activities is the frontal lobe respronsible?
Emotions
Problem Solving
Visual Processing
Language
Recognition
According to the Biological approach, what can behaviour be largely explained by?
Operant and Classical conditioning
Cognitive proccesses
Biology (e.g. genes & hormones). Brain function & neurotransmitters.
What does the CNS consist of?
Brain
Lungs
Pancreas
Heart
Spinal Cord
What condition has serotonin been implicated in?
OCD
Depression
Schitzophrenia
