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UNIT 2: Biological Basis of Behaviour - Coggle Diagram

- - - - glial cells
  - - - all-or-none law
      - refractory period
  - - - afferent neurons
        
        sense receptors → CNS
    - - efferent neurons
        
        CNS → muscles & glands
    - - association neurons
        
        transmit information between neurons
  - - - muscle action, learning & memory
        
        Alzheimer's
    - - movement, learning attention & emotion
        
        excess — schizophrenia starved — Parkinson's
    - - mood, hunger, sleep & arousal
        
        depression
    - - alertness & arousal
        
        depress mood
    - - major inhibitor neurotransmitter
        
        seizures, tremors & insomnia
    - - major excitatory neurotransmitter; memory
        
        migraines or seizures
    - - influences perception
        
        pain relief; pleasurable emotions
- - - - sympathetic
      - parasympathetic
- - - - morphine
      - codeine
      - methadone
- - - - relay station
      - sensory control centre
      - information transfer station
    - - metabolic functions
        
        body temperature
        
        sexual arousal (libido)
        
        hunger & thirst
        
        endocrine system
      - biological rhythms
    - - memory system
    - - emotions
  - - - controls general body arousal and the ability to focus attention
      - regulates wakefulness & sleep-wake transitions
  - - - bodily movements; equilibrium
    - - connects the different parts of the brain
      - facial expressions
    - - blood pressure, heart rate & breathing
  - - - language production
    - - language comprehension
  - - - motor control
      - cognitive activities
    - - sensations (somatic sensory)
    - - process of hearing
    - - visual information
  - - - partial or total loss of the ability to communicate with language
- - - - regulates the sleep-wake cycle