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involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory,
Acetylcholine
and sleep?
Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and
acetylcholine too little in the hippocampus has been associated
with dementia.
Dopamine correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Too much__________?has been associated with
schizophrenia, and too little_________? is associated with
Dopamine
some forms of depression as well as the muscular
rigidity and tremors found in Parkinson's disease.
Norepinephrine associated with eating, alertness?
Too little _______? has been associated with depression,
Norepinephrine while an excess has been associated with
schizophrenia.
Epinephrine involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive
Serotonin
and aggressive behavior?
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Too little_______? is associated with depression and
some anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-
serotonin compulsive disorder. Some antidepressant
medications increase the availability of _________? at the
receptor sites
GABA inhibits excitation and anxiety?
Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety
GABA disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases
_____?at the receptor sites.
involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and
Endorphins
contentedness?
• Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor
activities
Frontal Lobe • Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
• Body sensations
• Motor activities, attention and perception of spatial
relations
• Processes sensory impulses from the thalamus
Parietal lobe • Maintains focused attention
• Registers acts of aggression
• Wernicke's area located in the left temporoparietal
junction is responsible for the comprehension of
speech??
• Emotion and memory circuits
• Hearing, learning, memory circuits, sexual identity,
Temporal lobe and processing of auditory stimuli
• Gives emotional tone to memories
• Is involved in making moral judgments
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• Vision
• Visual memory
Occipital lobe • Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
• Functions as an auxiliary structure for the entire
cerebral cortex
• Posture and balance in walking
• Sequential movements required in eating and writing
Cerebrum
• Control speed and acceleration of movement
• Involved in smooth eye movement
• Cognition and language
• Memory and impulse control
• Medulla oblongata- regulation of blood pressure,
respiration, and digestion. Reflex center for vomiting
Brainstem (Medulla coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and hiccupping.
oblongata, pons, and • Pons- Relays information from the cerebral
midbrain) hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbrain- control many sensory and motor functions
including eye movement
• Produces norepinephrine
Locus ceruleus • Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
• Produces serotonin
Dorsal raphe
• Control sleep wake cycle
• Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is
relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
Reticular activating system
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are
(RAS)
involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of
heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
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NSG 527 Final EXAM Questions & Answers | Latest
Already Graded A+ UPDATE 2025|2026 !!
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Terms in this set (176)
involved in voluntary movement, learning, memory,
Acetylcholine
and sleep?
Too much ___?_____is associated with depression, and
acetylcholine too little in the hippocampus has been associated
with dementia.
Dopamine correlated with movement, attention, and learning?
Too much__________?has been associated with
schizophrenia, and too little_________? is associated with
Dopamine
some forms of depression as well as the muscular
rigidity and tremors found in Parkinson's disease.
Norepinephrine associated with eating, alertness?
Too little _______? has been associated with depression,
Norepinephrine while an excess has been associated with
schizophrenia.
Epinephrine involved in energy, and glucose metabolism?
plays a role in mood, sleep, appetite, and impulsive
Serotonin
and aggressive behavior?
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Too little_______? is associated with depression and
some anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-
serotonin compulsive disorder. Some antidepressant
medications increase the availability of _________? at the
receptor sites
GABA inhibits excitation and anxiety?
Too little ______?is associated with anxiety and anxiety
GABA disorders. Some antianxiety medication increases
_____?at the receptor sites.
involved in pain relief and feelings of pleasure and
Endorphins
contentedness?
• Executive functioning and personality
• Maintain and focus attention
• Organize thinking, planning, speech, and motor
activities
Frontal Lobe • Weigh consequences
• Set goals
• Modulate emotions
• Integrate ideas, emotions, and perceptions
• Shapes personality?
• Body sensations
• Motor activities, attention and perception of spatial
relations
• Processes sensory impulses from the thalamus
Parietal lobe • Maintains focused attention
• Registers acts of aggression
• Wernicke's area located in the left temporoparietal
junction is responsible for the comprehension of
speech??
• Emotion and memory circuits
• Hearing, learning, memory circuits, sexual identity,
Temporal lobe and processing of auditory stimuli
• Gives emotional tone to memories
• Is involved in making moral judgments
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• Vision
• Visual memory
Occipital lobe • Reading
• language formation
• reception of vestibular, acoustic, and tactile stimuli
• Functions as an auxiliary structure for the entire
cerebral cortex
• Posture and balance in walking
• Sequential movements required in eating and writing
Cerebrum
• Control speed and acceleration of movement
• Involved in smooth eye movement
• Cognition and language
• Memory and impulse control
• Medulla oblongata- regulation of blood pressure,
respiration, and digestion. Reflex center for vomiting
Brainstem (Medulla coughing, sneezing, swallowing, and hiccupping.
oblongata, pons, and • Pons- Relays information from the cerebral
midbrain) hemisphere to the cerebellum
• Midbrain- control many sensory and motor functions
including eye movement
• Produces norepinephrine
Locus ceruleus • Activity maintains arousal
• Inactivity allows sleep
• Produces serotonin
Dorsal raphe
• Control sleep wake cycle
• Involved in arousal and sleep- the "toggle switch"
• Switches the cerebral cortex on when individual is
relaxed
• Switches limbic system on when there is a threat
Reticular activating system
• Regulates thalamus and cortex activities that are
(RAS)
involved in emotions
• Involved in processing pain and in regulation of
heartrate, breathing, perspiration, swallowing,
coughing, salivation, urination, and sexual arousal
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