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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






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






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






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






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






6. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.






12. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






14. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






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






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






18. 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.






19. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






22. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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