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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






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






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. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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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19. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






46. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






48. 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.






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






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