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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






3. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






4. 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.






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






6. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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

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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






31. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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