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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Fissures seen on cortex surface
Sulci
Diencephalon
Postsynaptic cell
Tegmentum
2. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Brain evolution
Oligodendrocytes
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
reuptake
3. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Reticular formation
Cortical association areas
Blood-brain barrier
Sympathetic nervous system
4. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
reuptake
Pituitary gland
Schwann cells
Soma
5. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Hindbrain
Neurotransmitters
Mesencephalon
Delta waves
6. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Afferent fibers
Cingulate gyrus
Postsynaptic cell
7. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
reuptake
Sleep cycles
Beta waves
Amino acids
8. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - difficulty processing sensory information
Alpha waves
Agnosia
Neuromodulators
Blood-brain barrier
9. comprises 50% of total sleep at birth - decreases to 25% - 20% sleep time spent in this type of sleep - Interspersed with non-REM every 30-40min - where dreams are experience - characterized by neural desynchrony - also known as paradoxical sleep -->
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Amino acids
Endorphins
Ventricles
10. Tough connective tissues that cover/protect brain and spinal cord
Meninges
Steps in neural transmission
Somatic nervous system
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
11. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Gray matter
Monoamines
Theta waves
12. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
Schwann cells
Blood-brain barrier
Axon hillock
Organizational hormones
13. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Diencephalon
Blooming and pruning
14. Like neurotransmitters but cause long-term changes in postsynaptic cell
Neuromodulators
Axon hillock
Antagonists
Metencephalon
15. PNS - interacts with internal environment - - Responsible for the 'fight or flight' response - - It controls the involuntary functions including movement of smooth muscles - digestion - blood circulation - breathing
Pituitary gland
Basal ganglia
Broca'S aphasia
Autonomic nervous system
16. Released from the pituitary and facilitates birth and breast feeding - also involved in pair bonding (mother to child or romantic partners) -
White matter
resting potential
Telencephalon
oxytocin
17. Of pituitary - regulate water levels in body and therefore BP
Cingulate gyrus
Vasopressin
White Matter
Inferior colliculus
18. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
Antagonists
H-Y antigen
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Oligodendrocytes
19. Inactivated state of a neuron
Endorphins
resting potential
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Agnosia
20. Or just synapse - the space between 2 neurons where they communication
Synapse gap
Antagonists
Endorphins
Reticular formation
21. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Blood-brain barrier
Hippocampus
Relative refractory period
22. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Blooming and pruning
Oligodendrocytes
Efferent fibers
Spine (subsystem)
23. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Temporal lobe
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Forebrain (division)
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
24. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Agnosia
Terminal buttons
Parasympathetic nervous system
Activational hormones
25. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Relative refractory period
Activational hormones
Vasopressin
Glial cells
26. Holds neurotransmitters
Synaptic vessels
Somatic nervous system
Basal ganglia
PET
27. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Corticospinal tract
Somatic nervous system
Acetylcholine
Tectum
28. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision
Basal ganglia
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Occipital lobe
Reticular formation
29. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
Superior colliculus
fMRI
Synapse gap
androgens (example)
30. Changes in a nerve cell'S charge as the result of stimulation - 2 forms: excitatory postsynaptic potential and inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Myelencephalon
Synaptic vessels
postsynaptic potentials
reuptake
31. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - language disorder from damage to Broca'S area - in left frontal lobe; can understand speech but has difficulty speaking (slow - laborious - omits words)
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32. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Soma
Saltatory conduction
Electroencephalogram
Pituitary gland
33. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Acetylcholine
Organizational hormones
Beta waves
Meninges
34. Inner core of spine - cell bodies and dendrites
Gray matter
Hypothalamus
Myelencephalon
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
35. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
Oligodendrocytes
Soma
Neurotransmitters
oxytocin
36. Bumps seen on cortex surface
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Inferior colliculus
Blooming and pruning
Gyri
37. Of telencephalon - controls emotional reactions such as fear and anger
Hyperphagia
Endorphins
Amygdala
Hormones (type)
38. An amino acid - most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter
Acetylcholine
estrogen
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Occipital lobe
39. Where soma and axon connect
Neuromodulators
oxytocin
Axon hillock
Pituitary gland
40. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Efferent fibers
oxytocin
All-or-none law
Forebrain (division)
41. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Myelin sheath
Occipital lobe
Axon
Beta waves
42. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
estrogen
Reticular formation
Neurotransmitters
43. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Alpha waves
Thalamus
Tectum
White matter
44. 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
Corticospinal tract
Soma
Schwann cells
Organizational hormones
45. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Glial cells
White matter
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Sham rage
46. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
resting potential
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Myelin sheath
Electroencephalogram
47. Gray matter - white matter
Ventricles
Parietal lobe
Saltatory conduction
Spine (subsystem)
48. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Thalamus
Pituitary gland
49. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Tegmentum
Myelencephalon
Inferior colliculus
Synaptic vessels
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
Nodes of Ranvier
Agraphia