PSYC 375 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
15 Jul 2016
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Chapter 2 neuroplasticity: ns"s potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury phenotypic plasticity: individual"s capacity to develop into more than one phenotype. Cns - brain and spinal cord; mediate behaviour somatic nervous system (sns) - all the spinal and cranial nerves carrying sensory info to. *afferent info - incoming sensory info to cns/parts. Cerebral cortex - thin, heavily folded lm of nerve tissue composed of neurons that is the outer layer of the forebrain - aka neocortex. Cerebral circulation anterior cerebral artery middle cerebral artery posterior cerebral artery stroke: sudden appearance of neurological symptoms as a result of severely interrupted blood. Meningitis: in ammation of meninges severe headaches, stiff neck, head retraction, convulsions. Encephalitis: infection of the brain sleeping sickness/encephalitis lethargica: death of substantial nigra, problems with body movements and sleep problems.
