Neuroscience and Behavior

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General Psychology(PSY2200 MBAC)

• Chapter 02
• Neuroscience and Behavior

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Anatomy of a Neuron
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Neural CommunicationStructures
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Neural CommunicationNeurotransmitters
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Video

• Neural Communication

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Neurotransmitters
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NeurotransmittersMedicine
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Brain Structure
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Basic Regions of the Brain
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The Cortices
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Questionnaire
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The Nervous System
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Divisions of the Nervous System
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Examples

• Nervous System in Action

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Lou Gehrigs DiseaseAmyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis ALS

• Lou Gehrig (Pride and Iron Man of the New
  York Yankees)
• Baseball 1923 1939
• Multiple World Series
• 2130 consecutive games
• 1938 Gehrig starts to lose strength
• 1941 Gehrig dies at age 38
• ALS First described by Jean-Martin Charcot in 1869

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ALS

• 6 in 100,000 people
• Death usually within 5 years of diagnosis
• Weakness first in throat and upper chest, then
  down arms and legs
• Problems swallowing and speaking
• No problems with sensory system, cognitive
  function, bowel or bladder control, or sexual
  function
• Cause Death of motor neurons connecting nervous
  system to muscles enabling movement

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Basic Regions of the Brain
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Video

• Planning, Life Goals,
• and the Frontal Lobe

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The Anatomy of Fear