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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






17. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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