Nervous System Vocab

Metabolism, Attention, Focus, Stress, Fear, Anger, Panic, Excitement

• Epinephrine

• Gaba

• Norepinephrine

• Dopamine

Provides accurate assessment of, danger or stressful situations

• Acetylcholine

• Norepinephrine

• Epinephrine

• Dopamine

Triggers muscle contraction, Controls heartbeat, Stimulates hormones

• Acetylcholine

• Norepinephrine

• Epinephrine

• Serotonin

Mood, Depression, Anxiety, Sleep, Emotions, Appetite, Temperature

• Dopamine

• Epinephrine

• Norepinephrine

• Serotonin

Cognition, Learning, Memory

• Epinephrine

• Gaba

• Glutamate

• Acetylcholine

Low levels lead to Restlessness, anxiety and irritability.

• Dopamine

• Gaba

• Glutamate

• Serotonin

Behavior, Learning, Sleep, Mood, Focus, Attention, Immune Health

• Dopamine

• Serotonin

• Gaba

• Glutamate

The part of the neuron that receives the signal from another neuron

• Synaptic Cleft

• Dendrites

• Action Potential

• Synapse

The end of a neuron. The part of the neuron that sends the signal

• Dendrites

• Synapses

• Axon Terminals

• Vesicles

The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell

• Neuron (Nerve Cell)

• Axon Terminals

• Cell Body

• Action Potential