Sleep Deprivation
09.07.2010 | 1 Comment ››Biological Rhythms and Sleep Periodic physiological fluctuations in the body. We are unaware of most biological rhythms, such as the rise and fall of hormones in ...
Sleep Stages
08.25.2010 | No Comments ››Sleep Stages Stages of sleep correspond to massive electrophysiological changes that occur throughout the brain as the fast, irregular, and low amplitude electrical activity of wakefulness ...
Characteristics of Neurons, Part 1
08.01.2010 | No Comments ››Characteristics of Neurons: Neurons --> receive information and transmit it to other cells; the adult brain has about 100 billion but actual number varies Main founders of ...
Exploring Human Development
07.28.2010 | 1 Comment ››What Is Development? Development is the pattern of change in human capabilities that begins at conception and continues throughout the life span. The pattern of development is ...
Sleep Disorders
05.04.2010 | No Comments ››Sleep and Disease Stroke and asthma attacks are more common during the night and in the early morning, probably because of changes in hormones, heart rate, ...
Sex and Hormones
04.29.2010 | No Comments ››Sex and Hormones: Steroid hormones: 4 carbon rings, derived from cholesterol. They work in 3 ways: Bind to membrane receptors like neurotransmitters Enter cells and activate certain kinds ...
