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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






12. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.