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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






2. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.


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






20. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






23. 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.






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


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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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