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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Soma
Acetylcholine
Electroencephalogram
Frontal lobe
2. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Sleep spindles
Limbic system
Synaptic vessels
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
3. Released at neuromuscular junction to cause contraction of skeletal muscles - also involved in parasympathetic nervous system
Dendrites
Mesencephalon
Acetylcholine
Myelencephalon
4. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves
fMRI
Alpha waves
Neural synchrony
Amino acids
5. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for somatosensory system
Parietal lobe
Inferior colliculus
Electroencephalogram
Ventricles
6. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
Cortical association areas
Absolute refractory period
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
PET
7. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Delta waves
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
oxytocin
Blood-brain barrier
8. Measures oxygen flow in different brain areas - used most in cognitive psych to measure activity in different brain regions during certain tasks
Tegmentum
Hippocampus
Broca'S aphasia
fMRI
9. Include serotonin - lack of serotonin is linked with depression
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Dendrites
Diencephalon
Indolamines
10. Anytime during adulthood - short periods - often transient or reversible (current/recent circulation); - menstrual cycle (estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone (LH) - follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)); - LH and FSH in females regulate ovum
All-or-none law
Activational hormones
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Myelin sheath
11. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Amygdala
Presynaptic cell
Organizational hormones
12. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Pituitary gland
Neurotransmitters
13. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Afferent fibers
Rebound effect
Sham rage
Neuron
14. Beginning of neuron (dendrites)
Autonomic nervous system
Glial cells
Agonists
Postsynaptic cell
15. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)
estrogen
Hippocampus
Neurotransmitters
Agonists
16. Chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid that insulate brain from shock
Ventricles
Neuron
Somatic nervous system
Broca'S aphasia
17. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Hormones (type)
Pituitary gland
White matter
Steps in neural transmission
18. Include dopamine - lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson'S - excess dopamine is linked with schizophrenia - dopamine is also involved in feelings of reward and therefore addiction
Catecholamines
Ventricles
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Glutamate
19. Where soma and axon connect
reuptake
Saltatory conduction
Corticospinal tract
Axon hillock
20. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
Rebound effect
Meninges
reuptake
Hormones (type)
21. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
H-Y antigen
Sleep spindles
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Apraxia
22. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Endorphins
Corticospinal tract
White matter
Basal ganglia
23. Made up of brain and spinal cord
Endorphins
Blood-brain barrier
Central Nervous System (CNS)
White Matter
24. Of diencephalon - channels sensory information to cerebral cortex
Hormones (type)
Delta waves
Beta waves
Thalamus
25. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Mesencephalon
Sulci
Metencephalon
Apraxia
26. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Frontal lobe
Limbic system
Thalamus
Neuromodulators
27. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Delta waves
White matter
Monoamines
Dendrites
28. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
Wernicke'S aphasia
Electroencephalogram
H-Y antigen
Temporal lobe
29. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Myelin sheath
Ventricles
Stereotaxic instruments
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
30. Organizational and activational
Hormones (type)
Presynaptic cell
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Axon hillock
31. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
Agnosia
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
menarche
Theta waves
32. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision
Endorphins
Wernicke'S aphasia
Occipital lobe
All-or-none law
33. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Hippocampus
Agnosia
Myelencephalon
Temporal lobe
34. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
Gray matter
White Matter
Sulci
Relative refractory period
35. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
White matter
Basal ganglia
Neurotransmitters
Hindbrain
36. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
Temporal lobe
Basal ganglia
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Steps in neural transmission
37. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Beta waves
Amygdala
Reticular formation
All-or-none law
38. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Forebrain (division)
Beta waves
Thalamus
Alexia
39. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Axon hillock
Hyperphagia
Pituitary gland
40. Tough connective tissues that cover/protect brain and spinal cord
Somatic nervous system
Meninges
Theta waves
Cell membrane
41. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
White Matter
Superior colliculus
Glutamate
Amino acids
42. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Glial cells
Apraxia
Nodes of Ranvier
Diencephalon
43. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Basal ganglia
Blooming and pruning
Neurotransmitters
Thalamus
44. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Vasopressin
Gray matter
Frontal lobe
45. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - language disorder from damage to Wernicke'S area - in left temporal lobe; can speak but doesn'T understand how to correctly choose words (fluent but nonsensical)
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46. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
Mesencephalon
fMRI
Neurotransmitters
estrogen
47. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Parasympathetic nervous system
Nodes of Ranvier
Axon hillock
Electroencephalogram
48. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Hypothalamus
Stereotaxic instruments
Sulci
Efferent fibers
49. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Efferent fibers
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Pituitary gland
Frontal lobe
50. Protects the brain by making it difficult for toxic substances to pass from the blood into the brain - since blood vessel cells in the brain are tightly packed
Blood-brain barrier
Gray matter
Neurotransmitters
Hyperphagia