Psychology A-Level
Autonomic branch
What Autonomic branch means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Autonomic branch
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Involuntary, governing organs and glands through a sympathetic division that arouses the body and a parasympathetic division that restores it.
Topics that use Autonomic branch
- Biopsychology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Central nervous system
- Excitation and inhibition
- Reductionism
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- Synaptic transmission
- Adrenaline
- Freeze response
- Functional recovery
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