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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






3. Simple nervous system that has no brain or spinal cord but consists of neurons that receive sensory information and connect directly to other neurons that move muscles.






4. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.






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






6. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






7. 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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






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






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






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






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






18. Disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by tics; involuntary vocalizations (including curse words and animal sounds); and odd - involuntary movements of the body; especially of the face and head.

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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.






27. 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.






28. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.






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






30. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






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






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






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






34. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






36. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






41. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






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






43. 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.






44. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






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






46. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.






47. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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