Learning and the Brain Crossword

Long fibers that send electrical impulses and release neurotransmitters
When looked at from the top, the brain is composed of two interconnected spheres or lobes and is the seat of higher level thinking
The highly wrinkled outer layer of the cerebrum and cerebellum (fore-brain); gray matter
Any of the usually branching protoplasmic process that conduct impulses toward the body of a nerve cell
Concerns the property of neural circuitry to potentially acquire (given appropriate training) nearly any function
A grayish or reddish granular cell with specialize processes that is the fundamental functional unit of newcous tissue in the brain
A chemical molecule that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse, within and between brain cells
Also called the neuron spike point, regulates the transmission of stimuli to the brain
The space between nerve cells that point at which a nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
A group of subcortical structures (such as the hypothalamus hippocampus, and amygdale) of the brain that are concerned especially with emotion and