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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Maintains balance/posture and coordinates body movements






2. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad






3. Projects to ventral tegmental area






4. 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






5. Made from within - natural






6. Measure changes in the electrical resistance of the skin (sweat gland activity)






7. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)






8. Occur in amacrine - bipolar and horizontal cells; govern/encompass the opponent-process level of color vision






9. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina






10. EEG desynchrony (rapid -irregular waves) - lack of muscle tonus - rapid eye movements - penile erection/vaginal secretion - dreams; EEG synchrony (slow waves) - moderate muscle tonus - slow/absent eye movements - lack of genital activity






11. Auditory receptor cells in the cochlea that turn sound vibrations -> neural impulses






12. 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






13. Receptors whose activation directly affects potassium or chloride ion channels in the neuron - (many drugs of abuse substitute for natural GABA- alcohol - benzos - barbituates






14. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors






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






16. An ovary or teste






17. These two brain structures contain entry/exits for most of the cranial nerves and control vital functions (heart rate -digestion - respiration)






18. Short bursts of waves 12-14 Hz that occur 2-5 times a minute during stages 1-4 of sleep; most characteristic of sleep Stage II; some believe sleep spindles are involved in keeping one asleep (decline in older people)






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






20. 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)






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






22. Optic Nerve - sight






23. There are 12 add more






24. Moving forward






25. 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






26. Has neurons for reflexes






27. Norepinephrine and serotonin






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration






33. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation






34. A single - unfertilized cell created during conception; the combined egg + sperm






35. Caudate nucleus and putamen






36. Symptom of narcolepsy - irresistible urge to






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






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






39. 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






40. Controls sexual activity






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






42. Are found in the diencephalon






43. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs






44. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety






45. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)






46. Colored part of the eye






47. Sign






48. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






49. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)






50. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)