| 1. Addiction | | The tree-like projections that integrate information from other neurons. |
| 2. Alcoholic | | The fibrous body of a neuron that carries the neural impulse to the terminal branches |
| 3. Amygdala | | The core of a cell body of a neuron or any cell, containing the genes |
| 4. Axon | | A person suffering from alcoholism |
| 5. Brain | | a section of the brain that is responsible for detecting fear and preparing for emergency events |
| 6. Cerebellum | | Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a |
| 7. Cognition | | outer covering of the brain where mental processing takes place |
| 8. Cortex | | controls the pituitary gland and also regulates hormones |
| 9. Craving | | The organ in your head made up of nerves that processes information and controls behavior |
| 10. Dendrites | | a white, fatty substance that insulates axons and enables rapid transmission of neural impulses |
| 11. Dopamine | | shaped by the same laws that shape all human behavior |
| 12. Forebrain | | destructive patterns |
| 13. Frontal lobe | | the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system |
| 14. Hypothalamus | | an overwhelming emotional experience that takes over your body and produces a unique motivator of behavior - wanting and seeking a drug. |
| 15. Maladaptive | | Relating to mental illness or treatment |
| 16. Midbrain | | It is important for controlling thoughts, reasoning, and behaviors. |
| 17. Myelin Sheath | | refers to thinking and mental processing |
| 18. Neurons | | It works to correlate several important processes, including consciousness, sleep, and sensory interpretation. |
| 19. Neurotransmitters | | term for the part of a nerve that receives and reads chemical signal from other nerves to transmit the electrical signals that transfer information through the brain and nervous system |
| 20. Nucleus | | transmit nerve signals to and from the brain at up to 200 mph |
| 21. Psychiatric | | the "little brain" at the base of the brain above the spinal cord that coordinates movement with sensory input |
| 22. Receptors | | chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another cell |
| 23. Spinal Cord | | The middle section of the brain forming part of the central nervous system. |
| 24. Synapse | | a compound present in the body as a neurotransmitter that impacts feeling good. |
| 25. Thalamus | | The anterior part of the brain, including the hemispheres and the central brain structures. |
