bgnotes Brain Game Notes - What Are the Parts of Your Nervous System, Where Are They, and What Do They Do? What happens if  a particular brain area is damaged? (full sentence definitions not needed - be concise; small diagrams may help you remember where things are)

central nervous system (CNS): 

    brain

    spinal cord

        built-in spinal reflexes

        sensory messages from body to brain

        motor commands from brain to body muscles  
   

peripheral nervous system (PNS):
 

    somatic nervous system:
 

    autonomic nervous system (ANS):
 

        sympathetic division:
 

        parasympathetic division:

Brainstem:

    medulla


    pons:

          connection to cerebellum coordination functions & motor program

          REM sleep centers

    reticular formation
 

    cerebellum: 

    thalamus:

Limbic system:
 

        hypothalamus:


            suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) (previously discussed)

            "reward" or pleasure system 

            pituitary gland:
 

        amygdala:

 

        hippocampus:
 
 

    cerebral hemispheres:

        cerebral cortex: 

            frontal lobe:
 

                motor cortex & its organization:
 

                Broca's area:
 

                Phineas Gage & how he changed after his prefrontal association cortex was damaged
 

        parietal lobe:
 

            somatosensory cortex & its organization:


            parietal assocation cortex
 

        temporal lobe:
 

            primary auditory cortex:
 

            auditory association cortex:

            temporal lobe face recognition area
 

            Wernicke's area:
 

        occipital lobe:
 

            primary visual cortex:


cerebral hemispheres: 

        right hemisphere functions:
 

        left hemisphere functions:

 
        corpus callosum:  


       "split brain" research and how it is done


neurotransmitters and what they do ( see Table 2.1):

ACh

DA

NE

serotonin (5HT)

GABA

glutamate

endorphins