💪Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter involved in muscle activation and memory.

⚡Action Potential

A rapid electrical impulse that travels along a neuron.

🧠Alzheimer's Disease

A progressive neurodegenerative disease impairing memory and cognition.

😱Amygdala

The brain structure involved in emotion, especially fear and aggression.

⭐Astrocyte

A star-shaped glial cell that supports neurons and the blood-brain barrier.

🎯Attention

The cognitive process of selectively focusing on information.

⚙️Autonomic Nervous System

The division controlling involuntary body functions.

➖Axon

A long projection of a neuron that transmits impulses away.

🎯Basal Ganglia

A group of brain structures involved in movement and reward.

🐭Behavioral Neuroscience

The study of biological bases of behavior.

🧠Brain

The central organ of the nervous system responsible for cognition and behavior.

🫁Brainstem

The brain region controlling basic life functions like breathing.

🧠Central Nervous System

The brain and spinal cord, which process and coordinate information.

🤸Cerebellum

The brain structure coordinating movement, balance, and posture.

🧠Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the cerebrum involved in complex processing.

🧠Cerebrum

The largest part of the brain, responsible for higher functions.

🔔Classical Conditioning

Learning by associating a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one.

🧠Cognition

The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge and understanding.

🧠Cognitive Neuroscience

The study of how brain processes underlie cognition.

🔔Conditioning

A learning process where a response becomes associated with a stimulus.

🧱Consolidation

The process of stabilizing a memory over time.

🌉Corpus Callosum

The bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres.

🔌Cranial Nerve

One of twelve nerves emerging directly from the brain.

🌳Dendrite

A branched extension of a neuron that receives signals.

⬆️Depolarization

A change in membrane potential making a neuron more likely to fire.

🎯Dopamine

A neurotransmitter involved in reward, motivation, and movement.

📈Electroencephalography

A technique recording electrical activity of the brain.

❤️Emotion

A complex psychological state involving subjective experience and physiology.

📝Encoding

The process of converting information into a memory trace.

⚡Epilepsy

A neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures.