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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine






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






3. The viscous substance between cornea and lens






4. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye






5. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction






6. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body






7. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)






8. The restorative effect of introducing a new female sex partner to a male that has apparently become 'exhausted' by sexual activity






9. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation






10. learning and memory -neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle axons to excite the muscle to contract






11. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser






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






13. Sleepwalking - sleep talking






14. A region of the visual association cortex located in the extrastriate cortex at the base of the brain that has special face-recognizing circuits (more important in right hemisphere)






15. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes






16. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory






17. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function






18. Glandular system control center - produces the hormones oxytocin and antidiuretic; functions in both the nervous system and endocrine sytem - In the forebrain - regulates motivated behaviors (eating - drinking - aggression - sexual behavior






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






20. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)






21. Termination of pregnancy by the odor of a pheromone in the urine of a male other than the one that impregnated the female; first observed in mice






22. Acetylcholine - glutamate - gamma-aminobutyric acid - dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine - endorphin






23. An anterograde amnesia in which one cannot form episodic memories BUT in experiments - patients that cannot identify previously heard melodies do show a preference for them -> explicit memory function has a different neurological basis than implicit

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24. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion






25. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress






26. Choroid Plexus > Ventricle 1 & 2 > Foramen of Monro > Ventricle 3 > Aqueduct of Sylvius > Ventricle 4 > Foramen of Magendie lateral aperture) > Foramina of Luschka (lateral aperture) - subarachnoid space (outside of brain) and spinal cord > re-absorp






27. 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)






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






29. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates






30. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow






31. Accessory Nerve - moves the head






32. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements

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33. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)






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






35. 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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36. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)






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






38. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)






39. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum






40. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red






41. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands






42. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






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






44. 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






45. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs






46. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications






47. The maintenance of water balance in the body






48. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds






49. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb






50. Hormones that reduce pain