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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Precursor to the catecholamine neurotransmitters (DA + NE)
occipital lobes
tyrosine
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Vomeronasal Organ
2. 'covering'
affinity
endogenous
tegmentum
mesencephalon
3. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina
reciprocal innervation
substantia nigra
umami
path of lightwaves entering eye
4. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies
spinal cord
cutaneous senses
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
noncompetitive binding
5. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
Frontal lobe
reticular formation
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
basal forebrain
6. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
iris
non-competitive bonding
noncompetitive binding
cerebellum
7. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
meninges
midbrain
dirty medications; clean medications
motor cortex
8. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion
Cranial Nerve X
fusiform face area
locus coeruleus
projection areas
9. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors
sleep paralysis
basal ganglia
ovaries/testes
Mesocortical system
10. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
agonist
non-competitive binding
hindbrain
Mesocortical system
11. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
non-REM sleep
amygdala
proximate biological considerations
nucleotides
12. A 90-minute activity cycle occurs throughout the day as well as throughout sleep (in humans) waxing and waning alertness controlled by a biological clock in the caudal brainstem that also controls cycles of REM and slow-wave sleep
basic rest-activity cycle
temporal summation
monoamines
ionotropic receptors
13. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon
hypothalamus
reticular formation
HPA Axis
inferior colliculi
14. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz
theta activity
beta activity
Ketamine
tardive dyskinesia
15. The visual image of the world on the retina
Bem'S Androgyny studies
proximal image
suprachiasmatic nucleus
extirpation
16. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner
REM rebound
basal ganglia
septum
basal forebrain
17. Self-dissolving
autolytic
cerebral cortex
hypothalamus
monozygotic twins
18. The maintenance of water balance in the body
Cranial Nerve V
antimanics
osmoregulation
endogenous
19. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
subdural space
Korsakoff'S amnesia
lipid soluble drugs/medications
20. Controls sexual activity
antagonist
ovaries/testes
anterior hypothalamus
monoamines
21. 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
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
lesions in the reticular activating system
Lee-Boot effect
amacrine cells
22. 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)
graded potentials
association areas; projection areas
L-Dopa
fusiform face area
23. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
hindbrain
efferent neurons
progesterone
24. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
corpus callosum
thyroid
red nucleus + substantia nigra
tectum
25. 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
Hobson & McCarley
K Complexes
galvanic skin response (GSR)
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
26. Skin senses that register the sensations of pressure - warmth and cold
sleep spindles
trichromatic levels of color vision
cutaneous senses
proximate biological considerations
27. 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
medial nucleus of the amygdala
subdural space
noncompetitive binding
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
28. Related to plasticity - the term Lashley used to describe different parts of the cortex being interchangeable in their roles in learning
K Complexes
equipotentiality
hypothalamus
spatial summation
29. 'Roof'
tectum
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
path of lightwaves entering eye
tegmentum
30. 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
fornix
Farber et al. (1995)
ipsilateral
cataplexy
31. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin
suspensory ligament
aphasia
thyroid
menstrual cycle
32. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates
monoamine neurotransmitters
spatial summation
association areas; projection areas
Cranial Nerve VII
33. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems
basal forebrain
efferent neurons
association areas; projection areas
Cranial Nerve VII
34. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)
Cranial Nerve XII
Hebb rule
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
35. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
species- specific reactions
menstrual cycle
indirect antagonists
midbrain
36. 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)
phenotype
sleep paralysis
indirect antagonists
sensitivity
37. Holds the lens in place
suspensory ligament
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
cingulate gyrus
contralateral
38. Decreases with age up until age 30 - then begins to increase *(counter intuitive)*
indirect antagonists
melatonin
reaction time
mesencephalon
39. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO
tegmentum
pituitary gland
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
endorphin
40. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
autonomic nervous system
graded potentials
tolerance
Yerkes-Dodson Law
41. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
suspensory ligament
tardive dyskinesia
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
basic rest-activity cycle
42. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
motor cortex
reaction time
pupil
43. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
graded potentials
parietal lobes
association areas; projection areas
sleep spindles
44. Caudate nucleus and putamen
hypothalamus + thalamus
tegmentum
monoamines
neostriatum
45. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
subcortical structures
sign stimulus
diploid
effects of repeated administration
46. 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
nucleotides
Bruce effect
progesterone
Cranial Nerve II
47. Expression of traits
sexual dimorphic behavior
subcortical structures
phenotype
association area
48. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
stages of sleep
aqueous humor
suspensory ligament
spatial summation
49. Is a loss of dopamine cells in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia; these cells are usually dark (nigra) but in Parkinson'S - the substantia nigra appears white due to cell death
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50. In the tegmentum (ventral part of midbrain); its neurons connect to caudate nucleus + putamen (in basal ganglia)
sleep attack
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
motor cortex
substantia nigra