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The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes
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A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
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The scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes
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A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
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A neuron's bushy, branching extensions that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
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The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons, or to muscles or glands
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A layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next.
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A neural impulse: a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
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A period of inactivity after a neuron has fired
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The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
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A neuron's reaction of either firing (with a full-strength response) or not firing.
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The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons
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A neurotransmitter's reabsorption by the sending neuron
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"morphine within"—natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure.
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A molecule that, by binding to a receptor site, stimulates a response
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A molecule that inhibits or blocks a neurotransmitter's action
