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Synaptic Pathways and Neural Networks
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Across
- 1. Brain region key for memory formation
- 2. Brain's ability to change and adapt neural connections
- 6. Fatty sheath that speeds nerve signal transmission
- 7. Relay station for sensory signals in the brain
- 9. Branching extensions of a neuron that receive signals
- 13. Structural core of a cilium or flagellum
- 16. Long fiber transmitting nerve impulses from the cell body
Down
- 3. Non-neuronal cells supporting brain function
- 4. Chemical messenger released at the synapse
- 5. Brain region coordinating voluntary movement
- 8. Brain structure involved in emotion and fear processing
- 10. Cluster of nerve cells outside the central nervous system
- 11. Basic functional unit of the nervous system
- 12. Lobe of the brain associated with decision making
- 14. Outer layer of the brain involved in cognition
- 15. Junction where neurons communicate
- 17. Brainstem area controlling autonomic functions