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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. 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
scotopic vision
hippocampus
lens
indirect antagonists
2. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones
delta activity
Vomeronasal Organ
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
nigrostriatal system
3. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand
noncompetitive binding
dopaminergic systems
homeostasis
subarachnoid space
4. Fluid filled cavities in the middle of the brain - linking to the spinal canal that runs down the middle of the spinal cord; this fluid is cerebrospinal fluid
autonomic nervous system
sleep
septal rage
ventricles
5. Caudate nucleus and putamen
reticular formation
neostriatum
Cranial Nerve II
Yerkes-Dodson Law
6. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)
lens
collateral sprouting
effects of repeated administration
cerebral cortex
7. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
tardive dyskinesia
endorphin & enkephalin
motor cortex
nystagmus
8. ...
delta activity
meninges
Korsakoff'S amnesia
law of specific nerve energies
9. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum
homeostasis
mesencephalon
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
species- specific reactions
10. Controls sexual activity
iris
fornix
anterior hypothalamus
cerebral cortex
11. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
Thompson & Spencer
parathyroid
iris
Cranial Nerve V
12. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body
supernormal stimulus
hypothalamus
ipsilateral
melatonin
13. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior
menstrual cycle
sensitivity
slow-wave sleep
septal rage
14. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
antagonist
effects of repeated administration
ipsilateral
sensitivity
15. Symptom of narcolepsy - irresistible urge to
hypothalamus
sleep attack
L-Dopa
Lee-Boot effect
16. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction
monoamine neurotransmitters
nystagmus
hypocretin
Bem'S Androgyny studies
17. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)
monoamine neurotransmitters
adrenal cortex
proximate biological considerations
ovaries/testes
18. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier
receptor blockers
All-or-None Law
lipid soluble drugs/medications
parathyroid
19. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner
mammillary bodies
septum
acetylcholine
accommodation (bodily)
20. 1. ventral tegmentum to mesolimbic forebrain (cognition - reward systems - emotional behavior) 2. substantia nigra to caudate nucleus putamen (movement and sensory stimulation) 3. hypothalamus to pituitary gland (neuronal/hormonal control)
substantia nigra
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
meninges
efferent neurons
21. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
sensorimotor cortex
mesencephalon
pituitary gland
efferent neurons
22. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
receptor blockers
delta activity
sexual dimorphic behavior
contralateral
23. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)
norepinephrine
tyrosine
diploid
hypothalamus
24. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia
biological foundations
hippocampus
association areas; projection areas
GABA
25. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)
subcortical structures
GABA
ovaries/testes
Thompson & Spencer
26. Include indolamines (serotonin) and catecholamines (dopamine - norepinephrine and epinephrine)
lesions in the reticular activating system
consummatory stimulus
monoamines
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
27. Is found between the arachnoid mater and Pia mater; this is where CSF cushions (and bathes) the brain - giving it the floating quality (and keeping it moist/circulating)
subarachnoid space
effects of repeated administration
nucleotides
reticular formation
28. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser
Vandenbergh effect
triggers of behavior
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
29. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
extirpation
lesions in the reticular activating system
endorphin
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
30. 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)
galvanic skin response (GSR)
biological foundations
indirect antagonists
prefrontal hypoactivity
31. 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)
anterograde
behavioral regulation
polysomnograms
aphasia
32. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
beta activity
ethology
reciprocal innervation
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
33. Sleepwalking - sleep talking
monozygotic twins
parietal lobes
hypnagogic activity
mesencephalon
34. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
diploid
reaction time
pheromone
subdural space
35. 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
the 7 major neurotransmitters
norepinephrine
Lee-Boot effect
sexual dimorphic behavior
36. Located in the midbrain - a group of neurons which produce dopamine and degenerate in Parkinson'S Disease
substantia nigra
occipital lobes
Ketamine
proximal image
37. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
norepinephrine
projection areas
tectum
non-competitive bonding
38. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
suspensory ligament
amygdala
Yerkes-Dodson Law
consummatory stimulus
39. Moving forward
anterograde
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
lipid soluble drugs/medications
sleep spindles
40. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
H.M
absolute refractory periods
melatonin
gonad
41. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
Cranial Nerve IX
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
basic rest-activity cycle
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
42. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand
aqueous humor
non-competitive binding
Coolidge effect
spinal cord
43. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)
hypothalamus
parietal lobes
nigrostriatal system
Cranial Nerve XII
44. The maintenance of water balance in the body
osmoregulation
sleep spindles
REM rebound
menstrual cycle
45. Projects to ventral tegmental area
prefrontal cortex
acetylcholine
antagonist
locus coeruleus
46. Functions in metabolism (carbohydrate - protein - lipid) and in the endocrine system'S salt/water balance - produces the hormones cortisol and aldosterone
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
pineal gland
neostriatum
adrenal cortex
47. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
delta activity
cerebellum
48. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin
hindbrain
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
dopaminergic systems
GABA
49. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
reticulum
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
behavioral regulation
effects of repeated administration
50. Norepinephrine and serotonin
noncompetitive binding
indirect antagonists
All-or-None Law
monoamine neurotransmitters