Neuropsychology

• neurons
• soma and nucleus
• dendrite
• axon
• myelin sheath
• action potential
• axon ending (bouton, foot, bulb)
• vesicles
• synapse (synaptic cleft or gap)
• receptor sites
• neurotransmitters
• excitatory
• inhibitory
• neurotransmitters
• acetylcholine
• norepinephrine
• dopamine
• GABA
• glutamate
• seratonin
• endorphin
• the nervous system
  
• nerves
• ganglia or nuclei
• white and gray matter
• pathways or tracts
• sensory neurons
• motor neurons
  
• the central nervous system
• the spinal cord
• reflexes
• the hindbrain
• medulla oblongata
• reticular formation
• pons
• cerebellum
• forebrain
• thalamus
• limbic system
• cerebrum
• images of the brain
• CAT scan (or CT -- computed tomography)
• PET scan (positron emission tomography)
• MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
• the limbic system
• hypothalamus
• homeostasis
• pituitary gland
• hippocampus
• amygdala
• the autonomic nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system
• parasympathetic nervous system
• enteric nervous system
• the cerebral cortex
• gyrus (plural: gyri)
• sulcus (plural: sulci)
• lobes
• frontal
• motor cortex
• parietal
• somatosensory cortex
• occipital
• visual cortex
• temporal
• auditory cortex
• association cortex
• hemispheres
• corpus callosum
• right hemisphere
• left hemisphere
• Roger Sperry's split brain research
• speech
• Broca’s area
• expressive aphasia
• Wernicke's area
• receptive aphasia
• conduction aphasia
• angular gyrus
• alexia and agraphia
• the senses
• taste (gustation)
• taste buds
• four basic flavors
• salty
• sweet
• sour
• bitter
• umami
• smell (olfaction)
• touch
• pressure
• temperature
• pain
• kinesthetic sense
• vestibular sense
• semicircular canals
• hearing (audition)
• cochlea
• hair cells
  
• vision
• retina
• rods
• cones
• blue
• green
• red
• pain
• nociceptors
• hyperalgesia
• referred pain
• gate theory
• phantom pain
• opioids

• circadian rhythm
• stages
• EEG
• awake
  
• beta waves
• desynchronization
• alpha waves
• stage one
• theta
• myoclonia
• flaccid paralysis
• stage two
• sleep spindles
• stage three
• delta
• stage four
• sleepwalking
• night terrors
• stage one emergent
• REM sleep
• sleep loss
• consequences
• insomnia
• narcolepsy
• sleep apnea
• cpap machines
• dreams
• Freud
• manifest content
• latent (symbolic) content
• Jung
• archetypes
  
• day residue