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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.


3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






34. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Group of organisms that can interbreed.