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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






2. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






17. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






19. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






20. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






46. 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.






47. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






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






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






50. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.