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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Cell membrane
Cortical association areas
Synaptic vessels
Tegmentum
2. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Cingulate gyrus
Soma
Acetylcholine
3. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Parasympathetic nervous system
Delta waves
Axon hillock
oxytocin
4. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Parasympathetic nervous system
Hormones (type)
Alexia
reuptake
5. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Basal ganglia
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Cortical association areas
6. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Sulci
Beta waves
Apraxia
Hindbrain
7. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
estrogen
Reticular formation
Neuron
8. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Reticular formation
Soma
Stereotaxic instruments
Endorphins
9. Released from the pituitary and facilitates birth and breast feeding - also involved in pair bonding (mother to child or romantic partners) -
Sulci
Diencephalon
Presynaptic cell
oxytocin
10. In females - regulate the development of ovum and trigger ovulation - In males - regulate the development of sperm cells and the production of testosterone
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Occipital lobe
Reticular formation
Myelencephalon
11. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Stereotaxic instruments
Tegmentum
12. Where soma and axon connect
Axon hillock
estrogen
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Superior colliculus
13. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Brain evolution
Gyri
Diencephalon
14. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision
Neuron
Beta waves
Occipital lobe
Soma
15. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Sleep spindles
Antagonists
Rebound effect
androgens (example)
16. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Superior colliculus
Theta waves
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Inferior colliculus
17. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Limbic system
Beta waves
Sham rage
Diencephalon
18. Between myelin sheath - help send impulse down axon
Hippocampus
Schwann cells
Nodes of Ranvier
Mesencephalon
19. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Agonists
Telencephalon
Thalamus
Wernicke'S aphasia
20. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
H-Y antigen
Organizational hormones
Mesencephalon
reuptake
21. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Presynaptic cell
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Synaptic vessels
22. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
White Matter
Antagonists
Apraxia
Neuromodulators
23. Fissures seen on cortex surface
Sulci
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Acetylcholine
Corticospinal tract
24. 16 hours of sleep a day - 6 hours
Presynaptic cell
Basal ganglia
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Relative refractory period
25. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Neuromodulators
Metencephalon
Axon
26. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus
Hypothalamus
Diencephalon
Stereotaxic instruments
Neurotransmitters
27. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Thalamus
Apraxia
Neuron
28. Takes about half an hour; (0) prelude to sleep - neural synchrony; alpha waves; person is relaxed and drowsy - closes eye; (1) Eyes begin to roll. alpha waves give way to irregular theta waves; loses responsiveness to stimuli - experiences fleeting t
Organizational hormones
Monoamines
Hindbrain
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
29. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Somatic nervous system
Corticospinal tract
Activational hormones
Thalamus
30. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Agraphia
Indolamines
Hyperphagia
menarche
31. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
Frontal lobe
Superior colliculus
Hyperphagia
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
32. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Pituitary gland
Limbic system
Terminal buttons
33. Inactivated state of a neuron
H-Y antigen
reuptake
resting potential
Parasympathetic nervous system
34. Jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next due to insulation by myelin sheath
Saltatory conduction
Forebrain (division)
Cortical association areas
oxytocin
35. Outer half-inch of cerebral hemispheres; - sensory and intellectual functions; - split into frontal - occipital - parietal - temporal lobes; - 90% is neocortex (new in evolution - 6 layers cortex) - 10% < 6 layers and more primitive
Thalamus
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
Axon hillock
Parasympathetic nervous system
36. Bundles of axon - Nerve fiber
White Matter
Cell membrane
Agnosia
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
37. Like neurotransmitters but cause long-term changes in postsynaptic cell
Blooming and pruning
Neuromodulators
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Neuron
38. Include serotonin - lack of serotonin is linked with depression
Indolamines
Organizational hormones
Saltatory conduction
Diencephalon
39. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
Neuromodulators
Hormones (type)
Synaptic vessels
H-Y antigen
40. 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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41. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Occipital lobe
estrogen
Myelencephalon
42. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - difficulty processing sensory information
Oligodendrocytes
Meninges
Neuron
Agnosia
43. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to write
Neuromodulators
Agraphia
Brain evolution
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
44. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Diencephalon
Monoamines
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Brain evolution
45. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Parasympathetic nervous system
Dendrites
Temporal lobe
46. Neuron branches - receive impulses - branching patterns change throughout life
Dendrites
Hindbrain
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
Saltatory conduction
47. Made up of brain and spinal cord
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Hindbrain
Sympathetic nervous system
Endorphins
48. Occur during specific periods in development - permanent or long-lasting effects; - presence of H-Y antigen in development causes fetus to develop into a male - absence to female; - androgens in males and estrogen in females causes secondary sex cha
Agonists
estrogen
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Organizational hormones
49. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Temporal lobe
Glial cells
Brain evolution
Glutamate
50. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Blooming and pruning
Cingulate gyrus
Meninges