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Neuroscience Crossword Puzzle

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3. The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
4. People who have splitting migraines may have an overproduction of
this neurotransmitter
8. Signals that tell the neuron "FIRE!" (insert happy dance here)
9. Period after a neuron has fired an impulse; it pauses to recharge
itself so it can fire again
10. Part of a neuron that passes messages away from the cell body to
other neurons, muscles, or glands
14. Type of neurons that control muscles
15. Undersupply of Acetylcholine (ACh) marks this brain disease
16. Another name for action potential (the message being sent); a
brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
17. Layer of fatty tissue that insulates the axons of some neurons and
helps speed their impulses
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1. Neurons that carry incoming information from the sense receptors
(sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) to the central nervous system
2. Neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure
center
5. Neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction
6. Excess dopamine receptor activity is linked to this brain disease
7. From Legally Blonde: "Exercise gives you ___________. __________
make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands. They
just don't." (Hint- They are the same word)
11. The sodium-potassium pump moves ________ out of the axon
12. Provides energy for the neuron to carry out its function
13. The finger-like branches on a neuron that receive messages from
other cells