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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






32. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






34. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.


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






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






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






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