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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of 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. 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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8. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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

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16. 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.






17. 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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18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Process in which maturation is delayed - and so an adult retains infant characteristics; idea derived from the observation that newly evolved species resemble the young of their common ancestors.






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






40. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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