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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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1. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz






2. Is found in the frontal lobe (which is divided into the prefrontal lobes and ___ ___)






3. An ovary or teste






4. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation






5. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin






6. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)






7. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)






8. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres






9. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil






10. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system






11. Midbrain - medulla and the pons






12. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus






13. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system






14. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system






15. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body






16. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand






17. Has neurons for reflexes






18. The female reproductive cycle of most primates - including humans; recognized by growth of the lining of the uterus - ovulation - development of a corpus luteum - and (if pregnancy does not occur) menstration






19. The slowing and eventual cessation of estrous cycles in groups of female animals that are housed together; caused by a pheromone in the animals urine and first observed in mice






20. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)






21. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones






22. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic






23. Absolute; relative






24. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region






25. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)






26. Olfactory Nerve - smell






27. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO






28. Related to plasticity - the term Lashley used to describe different parts of the cortex being interchangeable in their roles in learning






29. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






30. Functions as both a hormone and a neurotransmitter in the brain






31. The synchronization of the menstrual or estrous cycles of a group of females - which occurs only in the presence of a pheromone in a male'S urine






32. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists






33. Projects to ventral tegmental area






34. Physiologically different from the other four stages of sleep (i.e. the similarity between the summed electrical activity of neurons measured on the scalp (EEG) during REM sleep and during wakefulness






35. SCN = controls circadian rhythms - located directly above the optic chasm in the anterior portion of the hypothalamus - receives input from the eyes which is why light exposure affects our sleep-wake cycles






36. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response






37. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina






38. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei






39. Made from within - natural






40. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments






41. Found that developmental changes occurring in puberty make the brain more susceptible to the psychotic effects of NDMA antagonist and therefore also related to the emergence of symptoms of schizophrenia






42. Regulates body temperature






43. Associated with (spoken) language reception/comprehension - memory processing - and emotional control; contains Wernicke'S area and the auditory cortex






44. Includes the thalamus and hypothalamus; region of forebrain surrounding the 3rd ventricle






45. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior






46. Referred to as the satiety center; lesions lead to obesity and hyperphagia






47. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow






48. Attaches to a binding site on receptor and interferes with the action of the receptor without affecting the binding site for the principal ligand (noncompetitive binding)






49. Reduces anxiety - released with NE in amygdala - hippocampus - basal ganglia - periaqueductal gray region - locus coeruleus and PFS; NPY is diminished in persons with PTSD/CPTSD and those exposed to chronic stress






50. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine