
Hindbrain, 37
Hippocampal commissure, 95, 162
Hippocampal formation, 95, 162
Hippocampus, 36, 93–96, 162
Hippocampus proper, 95, 162
His, Wilhelm, 11
Homeostasis, 116, 119
Hormones
in food ingestion, 117
hypothalamic, 115, 117
and sleep/wake cycle, 135
HPA (hypothalamic-pituito-
adrenal) axis, 119, 120, 162
Huntington’s disease, 99, 139
Hyperpolarization, 18, 162
Hypnagogic hallucination, 134, 162
Hypocretin. See Orexin
Hypogeusia, 65, 162
Hyposmia, 66, 162
Hypothalamic-pituito-adrenal
(HPA) axis, 119, 120, 162
Hypothalamus
and autonomic nervous system,
118–119
in circadian rhythms, 117–118
described, 38, 162
in endocrine regulation, 113–118
in food/water ingestion, 116–117
in homeostasis, 116
hormones of, 115
in stress response, 119–120
Immediate memory. See Short-term
memory
Immune system, 120–122
Immunotransmitters. See Cytokines
Implicit memory, 92–93, 162
Ingestive behavior, 116–117
Inhibitory neurotransmitters, 45
Inner ear (cochlea), 58, 59, 62
Insomnia, 133
Instrumental conditioning, 88–89,
162
Insula, 65, 162
Insular cortex, 64–65, 163
Intention tremor, 140, 163
Interneurons, 84, 85
Intervertebral foramina, 25, 163
Intrafusal muscle fibers, 69, 163
Inverse agonists, 50, 163
Involuntary (defined), 73, 163
Involuntary muscles. See Smooth
muscles
Involuntary responses (reflexes), 73,
85–86, 170
Ionotropic receptors, 47, 163
Ion pores (channels), 17–18, 19
Ipsilateral (defined), 57, 163
Iris, 53, 54, 163
Ischemia, 163
Ischemic stroke, 145
Kinesthesia, 69, 163
Kleitman, Nathaniel, 123, 124
Korsakoff’s syndrome, 97–98,
150–151
Lateral geniculate nucleus, 57, 163
Lateralization of function, 34, 163
Laterodorsal tegmental nuclei, 126,
163
Learning. See also Memory
brain structures in, 91, 93–99
emotions and, 112
motor, 89–90, 99–100, 165
physiology of, 100
types of, 88–90
Lens, 53, 54, 163
Level of injury, 143, 164
Limbic loop, 81
Limbic system, 77, 93–95, 164
Locus, of seizure, 141, 164
Long-term memory, 92–93, 164
Lou Gehrig’s disease, 140
Lumbar cistern, 25, 27, 164
Lupus erythematosus, systemic, 121
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