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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






3. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.






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






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






14. 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.






15. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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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40. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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