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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Related to plasticity - the term Lashley used to describe different parts of the cortex being interchangeable in their roles in learning
equipotentiality
Cranial Nerve III
Thompson & Spencer
Cranial Nerve II
2. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
indirect antagonists
basal forebrain
tectum
antagonist
3. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
ethology
motor cortex
4. Regulates body temperature
norepinephrine
motor cortex
Cranial Nerve VIII
hypothalamus
5. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron
sleep attack
progesterone
septal rage
temporal summation
6. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
medial nucleus of the amygdala
projection areas
relative refractory period
ionotropic receptors
7. Focuses light waves on the retina and is held in place by the suspensory ligament; aqueous humor on cornea side; vitreous humor on retina side
autolytic
brainstem
ultimate biological considerations
lens
8. Supernormal
delta activity
projection areas
supernormal stimulus
Cranial Nerve IV
9. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity
Hobson & McCarley
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
receptive field
Cranial Nerve XI
10. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
Cranial Nerve VII
amygdala
tegmentum
non-REM sleep
11. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning
species- specific reactions
effects of repeated administration
monoamines
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
12. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
law of specific nerve energies
sign stimulus
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
meninges
13. Skin senses that register the sensations of pressure - warmth and cold
endorphin
polysomnograms
cutaneous senses
association areas; projection areas
14. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation
non-competitive bonding
biological foundations
substantia nigra
Cranial Nerve V
15. Sleepwalking - sleep talking
hypnagogic activity
monoamines
Glial cells
Cranial Nerve III
16. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds
superior colliculi
L-Dopa
norepinephrine
receptive field
17. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
locus coeruleus
cerebral cortex
indirect antagonists
pineal gland
18. hormone - secreted by the pituitary gland -signals the adrenal gland to secrete corticosteroid hormones -ACTH is a critical component of the HPA Axis that controls the stress response
direct antagonist
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
path of lightwaves entering eye
tolerance
19. The earlier onset of puberty seen in female animals that are housed with males caused by a pheromone in the male'S urine and first observed in mice
Cranial Nerve X
graded potentials
Vandenbergh effect
fusiform face area
20. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors
hypocretin
cutaneous senses
association area
basal ganglia
21. Sleep tests (i.e. to diagnosis sleep apnea)
All-or-None Law
Mesocortical system
polysomnograms
inferior colliculi
22. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
myelin sheath
locus coeruleus
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
tegmentum
23. Attaches to the binding site on a receptor and interferes with the receptor'S action - but NOT by interfering with the principal ligand'S binding site (noncompetitive binding)
non-REM sleep
indirect antagonists
amygdala
Hebb rule
24. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements
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25. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
cerebral cortex
diencephalon
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
sensitivity
26. Cells that integrate information across the retina; rather than sending signals toward the brain - amacrine cells link bipolar cells to other bipolar cells and ganglion cells to other ganglion cells
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
amacrine cells
basal forebrain
27. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes
cataplexy
reciprocal innervation
cerebellum
Cranial Nerve X
28. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)
accommodation (bodily)
pituitary gland
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
fornix
29. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
septal rage
path of lightwaves entering eye
hypnagogic activity
pupil
30. Acquired language disorders - usually caused by damage in the left hemisphere; includes Broca'S: (left frontal lobe damage) and Wernickes'S (left temporal/parietal damage)
K Complexes
temporal summation
suspensory ligament
aphasia
31. Measure changes in the electrical resistance of the skin (sweat gland activity)
parietal lobes
substantia nigra
tyrosine
galvanic skin response (GSR)
32. Sign
sign stimulus
Cranial Nerve II
hypothalamus
hypothalamus
33. Includes the tectum and tegmentum
homeostatic regulation
sleep spindles
Mesocortical system
mesencephalon
34. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
Cranial Nerve VI
cerebellum
progesterone
brainstem
35. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands
projection areas
basic rest-activity cycle
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
tyrosine
36. The maintenance of water balance in the body
osmoregulation
anterograde
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
hypocretin
37. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
projection fiber
galvanic skin response (GSR)
non-REM sleep
monozygotic twins
38. 'Roof'
parathyroid
tectum
norepinephrine
galvanic skin response (GSR)
39. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
autolytic
sleep paralysis
mammillary bodies
the adrenal medulla
40. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
alpha activity
receptive field
gonad
melatonin
41. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
sleep spindles
galvanic skin response (GSR)
association areas; projection areas
HPA Axis
42. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
cerebellum
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
spinal cord
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
43. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
hypothalamus + thalamus
Cranial Nerve IX
proximate biological considerations
44. Instead of one continuum for sex (masculine-feminine) - her work in the presence of both masculine and feminine features/development suggests these are actually two separate continuums (defeminized-feminized and unmasculinized-masculinized)
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45. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery
bregma
parathyroid
lipid soluble drugs/medications
REM sleep
46. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
pituitary gland
pheromone
tardive dyskinesia
H.M
47. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
reticulum
phenotype
extirpation
basic rest-activity cycle
48. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
septal rage
sensorimotor cortex
locus coeruleus
hypocretin
49. Norepinephrine and serotonin
Cranial Nerve V
superior colliculi
galvanic skin response (GSR)
monoamine neurotransmitters
50. Optic Nerve - sight
dopaminergic systems
relative refractory period
Cranial Nerve II
zygote