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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






2. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.






3. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






4. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.






5. Part of the autonomic nervous system; acts in opposition to the sympathetic division- for example - preparing the body to rest and digest by reversing the alarm response or stimulating digestion.






6. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






7. Process in which maturation is delayed - and so an adult retains infant characteristics; idea derived from the observation that newly evolved species resemble the young of their common ancestors.






8. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.






9. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






10. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






11. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.






12. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






13. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.






14. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.






15. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.






16. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






17. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






18. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






19. Cerebral Cortex that functions to direct movements toward a goal or to perform a task - such as grasping an object - lying posterior to the central sulcus and beneath the parietal bone at the top of the skull.






20. Part of the autonomic nervous system; arouses the body for action - such as mediating the involuntary fight-or-flight response to alarm by increasing hear rate and blood pressure.






21. Major structure of the brainstem specialized for coordinating and learning skilled movements. In large-brained animals - it may also have a role in the coordination of other mental processes.






22. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






23. Disorder of the motor system correlated with a loss of dopamine in the brain an characterized by tremors - muscular rigidity - and a reduction in voluntary movement.

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24. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






25. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.






26. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.






27. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.






28. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.






29. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






30. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.






31. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.






32. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






33. Darwin's theory for explaining how new species evolve and how existing species change over time. Differential success in the reproduction of different characteristics (phenotypes) results from the interaction of organisms with their environment.






34. Part of the PNS that includes the cranial and spinal nerves to and from the muscles - joints - and skin that produce movement - transmit incoming sensory input - and inform the CNS about the position and movement of body parts.






35. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






36. Cerebral Cortex often generally characterized as performing the brain's 'executive' functions - such as decision making - lying anterior to the central sulcus and beneath the frontal bone of the skull.






37. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.






38. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






39. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






40. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.






41. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






42. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






43. Disparate forebrain structures lying between the neocortex and the brainstem that form a functional system controlling affective and motivated behaviors and certain forms of memory; includes cingulate cortex - amygdala - hippocampus - among other str






44. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






45. Evolutionarily the newest part of the brain; coordinates advanced cognitive functions such as thinking - planning - and language; contains the limbic system - basal ganglia - and the neocortex.






46. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.

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47. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






48. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






49. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






50. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.