Definitions (N-Z& others)

Science accessible to all and easy to understand.

Definitions (A-M)

N

Natural kind

Neocortex

Neostriatum

Neurite

Neurite outgrowth

Neurogenesis

Neuromodulator

Neuron

Neuroplasticity

Neurotransmitter

Neurotransmission

Neurotrophin

NMDA receptor

Noetic awareness

Non associative learning

Non declarative memory

Noradrenaline ( norepinephrine )

Nucleus accumbens

O

Olfactory bulb

P

Parahippocampal gyrus

Parasympathetic nervous system

Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Pattern integration

Pattern separation

Pavlov

Perforant pathway

Periaqueductal grey

Peripheral nervous system

Phenomenological acquaintance

Phenomenological manifestation

Phenotype

Pineal gland

Potentiation

Prefrontal cortex ( PFC )

Priming and perceptual learning

Proactive interference

Procedural memory

Progenitor cell

Prospective memory

Pyramidal cell

Q

R

Raphe nuclei

Reactive oxygen species

Rebound effect

Recency effect

Receptor

Reflex pathway

Rehearsal

Repolarisation

Resting potential

Retrieval inhibition

Retroactive interference

Retrograde facilitation

Retrograde amnesia

Retrospective bias

Ribot’s law

S

SAM axis

Self referential content

Semantic memory

Semantic processing

Sensory neuron

Sensitisation

Sensory register

Serial recall

Serotonin

SERT

Simple classical conditioning

Short term memory

Skeletal muscle

Skeletal response ( conditioning )

Somatic nervous system

Spine

Stressor

Striatum

Stria medullaris thalami

Subiculum

Subthalamus

Sulcus

Sympathetic nervous system

Synapse

Synaptic tag and capture hypothesis

Synaptic plasticity and memory hypothesis

Synaptic weight

T

Temporal distinctiveness

Temporal lobe

Thalamus

Threat response system

TOT ( tip of the tongue ) phenomenon

Transcription

Translation

TrkB receptor

Tryptophan

U

Ugly sisters

Uncus

V

Ventral tegmetal area

Ventricle

W

Working memory

White matter

X

Y

Z

Other

The 3 stages of consolidation

7+/-2