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Week 3

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Total cards: 8•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

ACh

Back (Answer)

• Excitatory • voluntary motor control – deficiencies linked to AD

#2
Front (Question)

Glutamate

Back (Answer)

Primary excitatory neurotransmitter

#3
Front (Question)

Dopamine

Back (Answer)

• Can be excitatory OR inhibitory depending on the receptors • Pleasure, motivation

#4
Front (Question)

GABA

Back (Answer)

Primary inhibitory neurotransmitter

#5
Front (Question)

NE

Back (Answer)

• Can be excitatory OR inhibitory depending on the receptors present • Modulates awareness of outside world, esp threats

#6
Front (Question)

Serotonin

Back (Answer)

• Inhibitory • Happiness

#7
Front (Question)

Split-brain procedure

Back (Answer)

• Severing of corpus callosum • scientists know that 2 hemispheres can work together seamlessly, but only when connected

#8
Front (Question)

Results of split-brain experiment w two images

Back (Answer)

• Different image presented to each visual field simultaneously (e.g. an X to the right, an O to the left) • Note: visual pathways cross in the brain (part of L visual field goes to R visual cortex and vice versa) • Speech is localized in the left brain (Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area) –> if verbally asked what they’d see, they’ll only verbally respond w what they see on the RIGHT side;