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2. I am a bump on the surface of the brain (5 letters)

7. I am the part of the brain that makes you sneeze (7 letters)

8. Many sensory pathways pass through me before going to the cortex (8 letters)

10. The presence of myelin around axons is the reason why some parts of the brain are this color (5 letters)

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1. This root of the spinal cord does not send motor information (6 letters)

3. This part of the peripheral nervous system increases your hear rate when you are surprised (11 letters)

4. I am one half of a brain (10 letters)

5. This lobe allows me to feel what I touch (8 letters)

6. I am the part of the brain that is all wrinkled (6 letters)

9. I have three layers of tissue and protect the brain and spinal cord (8 letters)

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1. Imaging methods used to recording the magnetic field of neuron populations (22 letters).

3. This type of voltage-dependent channel opens second during the action potential (9 letters).

4. Adjective used to name the period of time during which a neuron cannot produced any new action potential (10 letters).

5. Phase of the action potential during which the membrane potential is below its resting potential (10 letters).

8. Polarity of the membrane potential when the neuron is at rest (8 letters).

9. Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration (9 letters).

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2. When the membrane potential becomes more negative in response to a stimulus (17 letters).

6. Value that the membrane potential needs to reach to initiate an action potential (9 letters).

7. It is used by fNIRS to measure changes in blood flow in the brain (5 letters).

10. Positive ion present in high concentration outside the cell (6 letters).

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4. Major excitatory neurotransmitter found in the brain (9 letters).

6. One of the functions regulated by serotonin (4 letters).

8. Molecule that can imitate the effect of a neurotransmitter when binding on its receptors (7 letters).

9. This can happen when too much glutamate is released (14 letters).

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1. Dopamine is found in this system (12 letters).

2. More than one neurotransmitter found in a neuron (14 letters).

3. The neurotransmitter NO moves this way (10 letters).

5. Type of receptor activating a second messenger (12 letters).

7. Antagonist of muscarinic receptors (8 letters).

10. Short for Cholecystokinin (3 letters).

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4. Spontaneous change in a particular gene (8 letters).

7. A subgroup of homo sapiens who emerged about 250,000 years ago (11 letters).

8. Type of evolution giving rise to similarities in structure or behavior among unrelated animals (10 letters).

10. Series of evolutionary transformations that led to the development of human traits (12 letters).

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1. One of the common characteristics of vertebrate nervous system (8 letters).

2. Part of the brain that has shown the fastest growth during evolution (6 letters).

3. This group of animals does not have any nervous system (6 letters).

5. Segment of DNA coding for a particular protein (4 letters).

6. Author of the theory of evolution by natural section (6 letters).

9. Evolutionary history of a particular group of organism (9 letters).

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2. Region of the brain that acts as the relay between the nervous system and the endocrine system (12 letters).

4. Hormone released by the pineal gland (9 letters).

6. This lobe of the pituitary gland contains axon terminals from neurons in the hypothalamus (9 letters).

7. Group of endocrine cells releasing the same hormone (5 letters).

8. This type of hormone acts on receptors located inside the target cell (7 letters).

9. Both hormones and neurotransmitters bind on them to trigger their effect (9 letters).

10. Transportation system for Hormones (11 letters).

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1. Hormone released in response to stress (8 letters).

3. Type of cells in the hypothalamus that act as neuron but release hormones (14 letters).

5. This gland regulates metabolism and growth (7 letters).

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3. Type of memory for events organized in time and dependent on a specific context (8 letters).

5. AMPA receptors open this type of ion channel (6 letters).

7. Brain region involved in the formation and retrieval of long-term memories (11 letters).

9. A glutamate receptor that controls a calcium channel (4 letters).

10. Doctors removed of this lobe in patient H.M. (8 letters).

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1. Memory whose formation does not depend on the hippocampus (10 letters).

2. Type of amnesia for events that occur before the brain damage (10 letters).

4. Abbreviation for a long-term increase in synaptic efficiency (3 letters).

6. Part of the brain believed to be the site of storage for long-term memories (6 letters).

8. Type of memory that last less than one minute (7 letters).