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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






7. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






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






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






10. Cortex that functions in connection with hearing - language - and musical abilities and lies below the lateral fissure - beneath the temporal bone at the side of the lobe.






11. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






20. Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.






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






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






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






24. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






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






26. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Harry Jerison's quantitative measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to expected brain size - according to the principle of proper mass - for an animal of a particular body size.






45. 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.






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






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






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






50. Part of the central nervous system encased within the vertebrae (spinal column) tat provides most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body.