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THE COMPLEX MASS OF NEURAL CALLS AND RELATED CELLS ENCASED IN THE SKULLS |
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THE NERVE FIBERS IN THE SPINAL CORD |
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THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEURON THAT INCLUDES THE NUCLEUS |
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EXTENSIONS OF THE CELL BODY THAT USUALLY SERVE AS RECIEVING AREAS FOR THE MESSAGES FROM OTHER NEURONS |
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NEURON BRANCHES THAT TRANSMIT MESSAGES TO OTHER NEURONS |
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A BUNDLE OF LONG NEURONS OUTSIDE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES |
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THE COVERING OF A NEURON OR ANOTHER CELL |
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A SURFACE THAT ALLOWS SOME BUT NOT ALL PARTICLES TO PASS THROUGH |
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THE RESTING STATE OF A NEURON WHEN MORE NEGATIVE IONS ARE INSIDE AND MORE POSITIVE IONS ARE OUTSIDE THE CELL MEMBRANE |
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THE PROCESS DURING WHICH POSITIVELY CHARGED IONS FLOW INTO THE AXON MAKING IT LESS NEGATIVELY CHARGED INSIDE |
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THE LAW THAT STATES THAT ONCE A NEURAL ACTION POTENTIAL IS PRODUCED ITS MAGNITUDE IS ALWAYS THE SAME |
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A BRIEF ELECTRICAL SIGNAL THAT TRAVELS THE LENGTH OF THE AXON |
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THE INSULATING FATTY COVERING WRAPPED AROUND THE AXON THAT SPEEDS THE TRANSMITION OF NEURAL MESSAGES |
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THE SPACE BETWEEN THE AXON OF ONE NEURON AND ANOTHER NEURON |
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THE SNALL SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO NEURONS AT A SYNAPSE |
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TINY VESSELS CONTAINING STORED QUANTITIES OF THE NEUROTRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE HELD IN THE SYNAPTIC TERMINALS OF THE AXON |
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THE KNOBLIKE TIPS OF OF THE AXON |
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SITES ON THE NEURON THAT RECEIVE THE NEUROTRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE |
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CELLS THAT ASSIST NEURONS BY TRANSPORTING NUTRIENTS TO THEM PRODUCING MYELIN SHEATH AND REGULATING THE LIKLIHOOD OF TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES ACROSS THE SYNAPTIC GAP |
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A NEUROTRANMITTER USE DBY SOMATIC NEURONS THAT CONTRACT THE BODYS LARGE MUSCLES ACETYLCHOLINE ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN MEMORY AND IS THOUGHT TO REGULATE DREAMING |
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A NEUROTRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE USED BY NEURONS IN THE BRAIN THAT CONTROL LARGE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS AND BY NEURONS IN PLEASURE AND REWARD SYSTEMS IN THE BRAIN |
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A NEUROTRANSMITTER SUBSTANCE USED BY SYSTEMS OF THE NEURONS BELIEVED TO REGULATE SLEEP DREAMING APPETITE ANXIETY DEPRESSION AND THE INHIBITION OF VIOLENCE |
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A NEUROTRANSMITTER BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN VIGALANCE AND ATTENTION ANS RELEASED BY SYMPATHATHETIC AUTONOMIC NEURONS AND THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
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THE MOST WIDESPREAD EXCITATORY NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE BRAIN |
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A LARGE GROUP OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS SOMETIMES REFERED TO AS NEUROMODULATORS AS THEY APPEAR TO BROADLY INFLUENCE THE ACTION OF THE OTHER NEUROTRANSMITTERS |
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THE BRAIN AND THE SPIANL CORD |
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PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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THE NETWORK OF NERVES THAT BRANCHES FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY |
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NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CONNECT OTHER NEURONS |
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THE DIVISION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CARRIES MESSAGES FROM THE SENSE ORGANS TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND FROM THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TO THE SKELETAL MUSCLES |
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THE DIVISION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT REGULATES THE ACTIONS OF INTERNAL BODY ORGANS SUCH AS HEARTBEAT |
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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THE DIVISION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT PREPARES THE BODY TO RESPOND TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL STRESS |
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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THE DIVISION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES BODILY MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION AND STORAGE UNDER NON STRESSFUL CONDITIONS |
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DIVISIONS SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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OPENS (DILATES) PUPILS OF EYES, DECREASES SALIVATION, SPEEDS HEARTBEAT, DILATES BRONCHI, INHIBITS DIGESTIVE TRACT, RELEASES SUGAR FROM LIVER, STIMULATES SECRETION OF EPINEPHRINE, INHIBITS CONTRACTION OF URINARY BLADDER, INCREASES BLOOD FLOW AND MUSCLE TENSION IN LARGE MUSCLES |
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DIVIONS OF PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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CLOSES (CONSTRICTS) PUPILS, INCREASES SALIVATION, SLOWS HEARTBEAT, CONSTRICTS BRONCHI, ACTIVATES THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, RELEASES BILE FROM LIVER, INHIBITS SECRETION OF EPINEPHRINE, CONTRACTS THE URINARY BLADDER, REDUCES BLOOD FLOW AND MUSCLE TENSION IN THE LARGE MUSCLES |
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CLUSTERS OF CELL BODIES OF NEURONS OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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THE LOWEST PART OF THE BRAIN LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL |
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THE SWELLING JUST ABOVE THE SPINAL CORD WITHIN THE HINDBRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING BREATHING AND A VARIETY OF REFLEXES |
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THE PART OF THE HINDBRAIN THAT IS INVOLVED IN BALANCE HEARING AND SOME PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTIONS |
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TWO ROUNDED STRUCTURES BEHIND THE PONS INVOLVED IN THE COORDINATION OF MUSCLE MOVEMENTS LEARNING AND MEMORY |
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SETS OF NEURONS THAT PROJECT FROM THE MEDULLA AND PONS DOWNWARD ONTO THE SPINAL CORD TO PLAY A ROLE IN MAINTAININGMUSCLE TONE AND CARDIAC REFLEXES AND ALSO PROJECT UPWARD THROUGHOUT THE CEREBRAL CORTEX WHERE THEY INFLUANCE WAKEFULLNESS AROUSAL LEVEL AND ATTENTION |
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THE SMALL AREA AT THE TOP OF THE HINDBRAIN THAT SERVES PRIMARILY AS A REFLEX CENTER FOR ORIENTATING THE EYES AND EARS |
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THE PARTS OR THE BRAIN INCLUDING THE THALAMUS HYPOTHALAMUS AND CEREBRAL CORTEX THAT COVER THE HINDBRAIN AND MIDBRAIN AND FILL MUCH OF THE SKULL |
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THE PART OF THE FORBRAIN THAT PRIMARILY ROUTES SENSORY MESSAGES TO APPROPRIATE PARTS OF THE BRAIN |
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THE SMALL PART OF THE FOREBRAIN INVOLVED WITH MOTIVES EMOTIONS AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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A COMPLEX BRAIN COMPOSED OF THE AMYGDALA HIPPOCAMUS AND CINGULATE CORTEX THAT WORKS WITH THE HYPOTHAMALUS EMOTIONAL AROUSAL |
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A PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN EMOTION |
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THE PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN MEMORY AND THE PROCESSING OF EMOTION |
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THE PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN MEMORY AND THE PROCESSING OF EMOTION |
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A PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM LYING IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX THAT PROCESSES COGNITIVE INFORMATION IN EMOTION |
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THE LARGEST STRUCTURE IN THE FORBRAIN CONTROLLING CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE AND INTELLIGENCE AND BEING INVOLVED WITH THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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THE PART OF THE CERBRAL CORTEX IN THE FRONT OF THE SKULL INVOLVED IN PLANNING ORGANIZATION THINKING DECISION MAKING MEMORY VOLUNTARY MOTOR MOVEMENTS AND SPEECH |
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AN IMPAIRMENT OF THE ABILITY TO GENERATE SPOKEN LANGUAGE BUT NOT THE COMPRHENSION OF LANGUAGE |
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THE PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX THAT IS BEHIND THE FRONTAL LOBES AT THE TOP OF THE SKULL AND THAT CONTAIN THE SOMATOSENSERY AREA |
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THE STRIP OF THE PARIETAL CORTEX RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE MOTOR AREA OF THE FRONTAL LOBES THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN BOBY SENSES |
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THE PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX THAT EXTENDS BACK FROM THE AREA OF THE TEMPLES BENEATH THE FRONTAL AND PARIETAL LOBES AND THAT CONTAINS AREAS INVOLVED IN THE SENSE OF HEARING AND UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE |
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THE LANGUAGE AREA OF THE CORTEX THAT PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING SPOKEN LANGUAGE |
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A FORM OF APHASIA IN WHICH A PERSON CAN SPEAK FLUENTLY (but nonsesically)AND CANNOT MAKE SENSE OUT OF LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY OTHERS |
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THE PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BACK OF THE HEAD THAT PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE PROCESSING SENSORY INFORMATION FROM THE EYES |
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AREAS WITHIN EACH LOBE OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX BELEIVED TO PLAY GENERAL RATHER THEN SPECIFIC ROLES |
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) |
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A RECORDING OF THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN OBTAINED THROUGH ELECTRODES PLACED ON THE SCALP |
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POSITIVE EMMISION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) |
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AN IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT REVEALS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN |
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) |
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AN IMAGING TECHNIQUE USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE TO OBTAIN DETAILED VIEWS OF THE BRAIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION |
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A TYPE OF MRI THAT MEASURES THE ACTIVITY OF PARTS OF THE BRAIN BY MEASURING THE USE OF OXYGEN BY GROUPS OF NEURONS |
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THE TWO MAIN PARTS OR THE CEREBRAL CORTEX DIVIDED INTO LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERES |
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THE MAJOR NEURAL STRUCTURE CONNECTING THE LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERE |
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THE ABILITY OF PARTS OF THE BRAIN PARTICULARLY THE CEREBRAL CORTEX TO ACQUIRE NEW FUNCTIONS THAT PARTYLY OR COMPLETLY REPLACE THE FUNCTIONS OF A DAMAGED PART OF THE BRAIN |
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THE NORMAL PROCESS OF SELECTIVE LOSS OF GREY MATTER IN THE BRAIN OVER TIME WHICH IS THOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF NEURAL SYSTEMS BY ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY CELLS |
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THE HYPOTHESIZED GROWTH OF NEW NEURONS IN ADULT MAMMALS |
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THE SYSTEM OF GLANDS THAT SECRETES HORMONES |
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STRUCTURES IN THE BODY THAT SECRETE SUBSTANCES |
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CHENMICAL SUBSTANCES PRODUCED BY ENDOCRINE GLANDS THAT INFLUENCE INTERNAL ORGANS |
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THE BODYS MASTER GLAND LOCATED NEAR THE BOTTEM OF THE BRAIN WHOSE SECRETIONS HELP REGULATE THE ACTIVITY OF THE OTHER GLAND IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
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TWO GLANDS ON THE KIDNEYS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL AROUSAL |
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A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
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A HORMONE PRDUCED BY THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
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A STRESS HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
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ENDOCRINE CELLS IN THE PANCREAS THAT REGULATE THE LEVELS OF SUGAR IN THE BLOOD |
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THE ORGAN NEAR THE STOMACH THAT CONTAINS THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS |
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A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ISLETS OF LANGERHAN THAT CAUSES THE LIVER TO RELEASE SUGAR INTO THE BLOODSTREAM |
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A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE ISLETS OF LANGERHAN THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR IN THE BLOODSTREAM |
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FEMALE ENDROCRINE GLANDS THAT SECRETE SEX RELATED HORMONES AND PRODUCE OVA OR EGGS |
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MALE ENDOCRINE GLANDS THAT SECRETE SEX RELATED HORMONES AND PRODUCE SPERM CELLS |
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THE GLANDS THAT PRODUCE SEX CELLS AND HORMONES IMPORTANT IN SEXUAL AROUSAL AND THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SEX CHARACTARISTICS |
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THE GLAND BELOW THE VOICE BOX THAT REGULATES METABOLISM |
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THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH THE BODY USES ENERGY |
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A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE THYROID THAT IS NECESSARY FOR PROPER MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN AND HELPS DETERMINE WEIGHT AND LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IN ADULTS |
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A TYPE OF MENTAL RETADATION IN CHILDREN CAUSED BY A DEFITIONCY OF THYROXIN |
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A HORMONE THAT REGULATES ION LEVELS IN NEURONS AND CONTROLS EXCITALILITY IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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FOUR GLANDS EMBEDDED IN THE THYROID THAT PRODUCE PARATHORMONE |
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THE ENDOCRINE GLAND THAT IS LARGLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULATUION OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS |
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RELATIVELY FOCUSED THINKING ABOUT FANTASIES |
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THE SPLITTING OFF OF TWO CONSCIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY |
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MENTAL PROCESSES THAT OCCUR WITHOUT CONSCIOUS AWARNESS |
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A RELAXED STATE OF DREANLIKE AWARNESS BETWEEN WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP |
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AN ABRUPT MOVEMENT THAT SOMETIMES OCCCURS DURING THE HYPNAGOGIC STATE IN WHICH THE SLEEPER OFTEN EXPERIENCES A SENSE OF FALLING |
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) |
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A MEASURE OF ELECTRICAL BRAIN ACTIVITY |
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CONSCIOUS AWARNESS DURING SLEEP THAT PRIMARLY OCCURS DURING RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP (REM) |
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RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP CHARACTERIZED BY MOVEMENT OF THE EYES UNDER THE LIDS OFTEN ACCOMPANIES DREAMS |
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INTERNALLY GENERATED CYCLES LASTING ABOUT 24 HOURS A DAY THAT REGULATE SLEEPINESS AND WAKEFULLNESS BODY TEMPERTURE AND THE SECRETION OF SOME HORMONES |
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DREAM CONTENT THAT IS SIMILAR TO EVENTS IN THE PERSONS WAKING LIFE |
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STIMULI OCCURRING DURING SLEEP THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO DREAMS EITHER DIRECTLY OR IN ALTERED FORM |
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ACCORDING TO FREUD THE LITERAL MEANING OF DREAMS |
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ACCORDING TO FREUD THE TRUE MEANING OF DREAMS THAT IS FOUND IN THE SYMBOLS IN THEIR MANIFEST CONTENT |
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DREAMS THAT OCCUR DURING REM SLEEP AND WHOSE CONTENT IS EXCEPTIONALLY FRIGHTENING SAD ANGRY OR IN SOME OTHER WAY UNCOMFORTABLE |
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UPSETTING NOCTURNAL EXPERIENCES THAT OCCUR MOST OFTEN IN PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN DURING DEEP NON REM SLEEP |
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WAKING AND CARRYING ON COMPLICATED ACTIVITIES DURING THE DEEPEST PART OF NON REM SLEEP |
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TALKING DURING ANY PHASE OF THE SLEEP CYCLE |
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A DISORDER IN WHICH THE PERSON HAS DIFFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP OR STAYING ASLEEP |
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A SLEEP DISORDER IN WHICH THE PERSON SUDDENLY FALLS ASLEEP DURING ACTIVITIES USUALLY PERFORMED WHEN FULLY AWAKE EVEN THE PERSON HAS HAD ADEQUATE SLEEP |
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THE SUDDEN INTERRUPTION OF BREATHING DURING SLEEP |
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SEVERAL METHODS OF FOCUSING CONCENTRATION AWAY FROM THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND GENERATING A SENSE OF RELAXATION |
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WORDS OR SOUNDS CONTAINING RELIGIOUS MEANING THAT ARE USED DURING MEDITION |
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AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS SOMETIMES ACHIEVED DURING MEDITATION THAT IS SAID TO TRANSEND NORMAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE |
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THE STATE OF FOCUSING CONSCIOUS AWARNESS COMPLETELY ON WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE PRESENT MOMENT |
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AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN WHICH THE INDIVDUAL IS HIGHLY RELAXED AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUGGESTION |
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THE PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE OF ONES BODY OR SURROUNDINGS BECOMING DISORTED OR UNREAL |
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DEPERSONALIZATION THAT INCLUDES THE ILLUSION THAT THE MIND HAS LEFT THE BODY |
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THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF DRUGS INCLUDING STIMULANTS DEPRESSENTS AND HALLUCINOGENS THAT ALTER THE CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE |
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DRUGS THAT INCREASE THE ACTIVITY OF MOTIVATIONAL CENTERS IN THE BRAIN PROVIDING A SENSE OF ENERGY AND WELL BEING |
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POWERFULL STIMULANTS THAT PRODUCE A CONSCIOUS SENSE OF INCREASED ENERGY AND EUPHORIA |
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A PROLONGED REACTION TO THE EXCESSIVE USE OF STIMULANTS CHARACTERIZED BY DISORDERED THINKING CONFUSED AND RAPIDLY CHANGING EMOTIONS AND INTENSE SUSPICIOUSNESS |
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A HERBAL STIMULANT THAT MAY SUPPRESS APPETITE BUT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES |
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DRUGS THAT REDUCE THE ACTIVITY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LEADING TO A SENSE OF RELAXATION DROWSINESS AND LOWERED INHIBITIONS |
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DEPRESSANTS THAT IN A MILD DOSES PRODUCE A STATE OF CALM RELAXATION |
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POWERFULL AND HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DEPRESSANTS |
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NARCOTIC DRUGS DERIVED FROM THE POPPY SEED |
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TOXIC SUBSTANCES THAT PRODUCE A SENSE OF INTOXICATION WHEN INHALED |
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DRUGS THAT ALTER PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES |
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DRUG DEPENDENCE 3 REASONS PEOPLE BECOME ADDICTED |
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SENSITIZATION OF PLEASURE AND REWARD SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN, REDUCTION OF NEGATIVE FEELINGS, CLASSICAL CONDITIONING |
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DRUG USE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS |
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DOSE AND PURITY (CANT CONTROL), PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS (EACH PERSON DIFFERENT), EXPECTATIONS (YOU PARTLY GET WHAT YOU EXPECT, SOCIAL SITUATION (MAY REACT DIFF IF ALONE OR W/A GROUP, MOODS (ORIGINAL MOOD MAY BE HEIGHTENED) |
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THE HYPNOTIC STATE USUALLY HAS FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS RELAXATION, HYPNOTIC HALLUCINATIONS, HYPNOTIC ANALGESIA, HPNOTIC AGE REGRESSION, HYPNOTIC CONTROL |
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ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
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DISORTIONS OF PERCEPTION, INTENSE POSITIVE EMOTIONS, SENSE OF UNITY, ILLOGICAL, INDESCRIBABLE, TRANCENDENT, SELF EVIDENT REALITY |
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