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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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






2. Is regulated by the hypothalamus






3. The visual image of the world on the retina






4. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






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






6. Midbrain - medulla and the pons






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






8. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow






9. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory






10. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand






11. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)






12. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus






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






14. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body






15. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology






16. Includes the tectum and tegmentum






17. Activates one of 5 types of receptors in the CNS - cognition - motor activity - reward - muscle tone - sleep - mood - attention - learning -higher level effects of dopamine = D2






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






19. Regulates body temperature






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






21. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance






22. Expression of traits






23. 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






24. One of the primary noradrenergic nuclei whose ascending axons project to frontal cortex - thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system






25. Norepinephrine and serotonin






26. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists






27. 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






28. Sign






29. First described by Descartes - a combination of antagonistic muscle movements (e.g. those involved in walking)






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






31. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs






32. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron






33. 'little net'






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






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






36. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)






37. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal






38. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)






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






40. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems






41. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females






42. 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






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






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






45. 'covering'






46. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell






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






48. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level






49. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra






50. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies