PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sympathetic Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System, Occipital Lobe

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 201
• Professor: Dasa Zeithamova Demircan

Document Summary

An electric signal that is conducted along the length of a neuron"s axon to the synapse is called: an action potential. The chemicals that transmit information across the synapse to a receiving neuron are called: neurotransmitter. Amphetamine stimulates the release of norepinephrine and dopamine and prevents their re-uptake. When you feel threatened, your sympathetic nervous system prepares you to either fight or run. A girl sits puts her hand on the fire. Her sensory allows her to feel the heat. While her motor neurons allow her to move her hands away. Which part of the hindbrain coordinates fine motor skills? cerebellum. A cat"s reticular formation was severed and the cat fell into a permanent coma. The occipital lobe is to vision as the parietal lobe is to touch. Interface between central and peripheral nervous system. The brainstem supports life sustaining bodily functions.