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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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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6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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

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






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






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






36. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






38. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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