Neuroscience Crossword Puzzle

Another name for action potential (the message being sent); a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
The finger-like branches on a neuron that receive messages from other cells
Neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction
Excess dopamine receptor activity is linked to this brain disease
Neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure center
Part of a neuron that passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Type of neurons that control muscles
Period after a neuron has fired an impulse; it pauses to recharge itself so it can fire again
Layer of fatty tissue that insulates the axons of some neurons and helps speed their impulses
The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
Neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) to the central nervous system
Undersupply of Acetylcholine (ACh) marks this brain disease
Signals that tell the neuron "FIRE!" (insert happy dance here)
From Legally Blonde: "Exercise gives you ___________. __________ make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands. They just don't." (Hint- They are the same word)
The sodium-potassium pump moves ________ out of the axon
Provides energy for the neuron to carry out its function
People who have splitting migraines may have an overproduction of this neurotransmitter