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Blood Brain Barrier
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Mechanism that blocks specific substances found int he bloodstream from entering the brain
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Cell body
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Division of a neuron that includes the nucleus, cell organelles, and surrounding cytoplasm
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Nervous Impulse
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Physiological change transmitted through certain tissues, especially nerve fivers and muscles, resulting in activity or inhibition
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Neurotransmitter
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Chemical substance that transmits or inhibits nerve impulses at a synapse
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Psychiatry
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Branch of medicine concerned witht the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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Sensory neuron
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Neuron that transmits impulses from receptors in the skin, sense organs, and internal organs to the central nervous system
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Synapse
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Junction where a nerve impulse passes from an axon terminal to a neuron, or other cell
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum
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Crani/o
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Cranium; skull
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Dendr/o
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Tree
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Encephal
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Brain
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Gangli/o
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Ganglion; knot
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Gli/o
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Glue; neuroglial tissue
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Lex/o
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Word, phrase
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Kinesi/o
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Movement
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