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Parkinson's disease can be helped by taking pills that contain ____________________.

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Research on the cerebral cortex has failed to find any one "master area" or "central processor" that pulls together all the current activity of the brain.

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Neurotransmitter molecules are stored in packets within the cell called ____________________.

Parkinson's disease is thought to be caused by a deficiency in the activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Otto Loewi conducted an experiment in which he answered a key question about the nature of signaling across the synapse. Briefly describe the hypothesis, method, results, and interpretation of Loewi's study.

Action potentials are sent according to the all-or-none law.

The order of how information is processed in a neuron goes from ____________________ to ____________________ to ____________________.

Neurons are cells in the nervous system that function to process information. Each neuron consists of three parts. Name and describe each of the three parts.

A physiological explanation describes the mechanisms that produce a behavior.

The occipital lobe is specialized for hearing.

The three parts of a neuron are the cell body, the ____________________, and the ____________________. or

Neurons are able to communicate with each other by "skipping" action potentials across the synapse.

Nearly all medical and recreational drugs that modify people's experiences exert their effects at ____________________.

When the axon is not stimulated, its membrane has a resting potential.

Mirror neurons are active when you make a movement, and also when you watch someone else make a similar movement.

LSD produces hallucinogenic experiences by attaching mainly to brain receptors sensitive to the neurotransmitter ____________________.

Exactly five chemicals are used as neurotransmitters in the human brain.

Damage to the____________________ tends to cause an impairment in planning and organizing movements.

People with Parkinson's disease have trouble in inhibiting emotional outbursts.

The basic function of the axon is to receive information from other neurons.