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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.






32. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






33. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






35. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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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