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Neural Circuitry and Cognitive Dynamics
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- 1. Pertaining to neurons releasing the ‘reward’ neurotransmitter
- 2. Primitive core governing autonomic life-sustaining functions
- 4. Brain’s elusive ability to remodel synaptic landscapes
- 6. Defunct doctrine claiming skull bumps reveal mental traits
- 7. Mood modulator traced in raphe nuclei pathways
- 8. Silent brain helpers once thought to just hold neurons
- 12. Describes synapses forming on axon shafts rather than dendrites
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- 3. Chemical courier facilitating synaptic communication
- 5. Seahorse-named region vital for spatial memory encoding
- 9. Tiny gap where neural whispers cross chemical bridges
- 10. Mini-brain coordinating balance, precision, and motor learning
- 11. Primary excitatory molecule firing neurons into action
- 13. Body’s endogenous morphines masking pain with pleasure
- 14. Almond-shaped hub of primal emotional processing