This is Your Brain - Plugged In #1

Chemical Messengers that help carry signals to the brain

• neurons

• prefrontal cortex

• neurotransmitters

• limbic system

A signal that is both electrical and chemical

• electrochemical impulse

• neurologist

• frontal lobes

• myelin (white matter)

someone who studies the brain

• cognitive baseline

• neurologist/neuroscientist

• frontal lobes

• brain chemistry

Another way of saying Myelin

• frontal lobes

• brain chemistry

• neurons

• neural insulation

someone who studies the nervous systems of children

• Limbic System

• Pediatric Neurologist

• Neruoscientist

• Neurologist

Having the standard ability to think or understand

• cognitive baseline

• cognitive deficits

• brain chemistry

• neural insulation

The chemicals in the brain

• neural insulation

• frontal lobes

• brain chemistry

• neurotransmitters

Region of the brain behind the forehead

• frontal lobes

• neural insulation

• neurons

• limbic system

A material that coats the outside of nerve cells

• neural insulation

• brain chemistry

• myelin (white matter)

• neurons

Means lacking the ability to think or understand

• cognitive baseline

• cognitive deficits

• frontal lobes

• brain chemistry