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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






47. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






49. 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.






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