Brian Response to Behavior

Marcus D. Lewis
Brain Response to Behavior
Axia College University of Phoenix
Ron Zuchora

Brain Response to Behavior
Part I There is a process the brain processes information through the use of what is called “Neurons”. Neurons send signals through cells through the entire body. These Neurons have to essentially travel on branches in the body, sort like branches on a tree called dendrites. The dendrites have a long path or projection that is named axon. If two neurons communicate or coalesce, the axon of one cell will barely touch one another of a dendrite. There will then be a small space called a synaptic gap or synaptic cleft. Hypothetically speaking, if a person was to touch a hot stove or pan; the result would be thousands of neurons responsible for sending signals to the brain that tells the body “hey this is hot, Please take your hand off the stove.” When neurons actually fires or send signals, there is a rapid change in the electrical potential that is called the action potential. After the process has been submitted to the brain, it then makes a transition to terminal buttons to allow the changes to occur. There are however, chemical releases chemical substances called: Neurotransmitters. It’s sort of like a car that has pistons creating combustion and fuel is then carried to carburetor and the rest of engine components to make the car propel forward or move. A transmitting neuron has the responsibility of sending electrochemical to the bottom of the nervous system called a nerve cell. At the very bottom of the nerve cell synapses essentially change the activity of the cell. There is a culmination or a variety of neurotransmitters. Some of the most common neurotransmitters are serotonin, dopamine and epinephrine. The dopamine can be