Download Nervous and Endocrine Systems

Bio 17 – Nervous & Endocrine
Systems
Atoms and Ions
Plasma Membranes
Transport
Resting Potential
Action Potential
How Neurons Communicate…
IPSP = Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
EPSP = Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
Aggression; Serial killers
low levels; important for
sleep and low levels assoc
with depression
Drug Effects
Morphine
SSRI – Lexapro; Prozac
Morphine = Opiate Receptor
Decreased
GABA
Increase
Dopamine
Reflex
The Brain
The Brainstem
• The Medulla Oblongata and
the Pons controls breathing,
heart rate, digestion
• The Cerebellum controls
coordination of movement
and balance (Karate; Dance.
Separate Section of the
brain)
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Stairs…
The Midbrain
• The Midbrain receives,
integrates, and projects
sensory information to the
forebrain
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– Thalamus
• conducts information to
specific areas of cerebrum
– _____________
• produces hormones and
regulates body temperature,
hunger, thirst, sexual
response, circadian rhythms
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• Cerebrum
– with cortex and
corpus callosum
• higher thinking
Cerebrum
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Lateralization
– Right – Pattern Recognition, Face Recongition, Spatial Relations,
Nonverbal thinking
– Left – Language, Math, Logical Operations
Cerebrum
Cerebrum
Hormones
Hormones
Other Hormones
Hormone Example…