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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. ANS - controls arousal mechanisms (blood circulation - pupil dilation - threat and fear response) - Lie detector test relies on the premise -->lying activates the sympathetic nervous system and cause things like (increase heart rate - blood pressure
Tectum
Glial cells
Oligodendrocytes
Sympathetic nervous system
2. Time after a neuron fires which it cannot respond to stimulation
Presynaptic cell
Cingulate gyrus
Absolute refractory period
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
3. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Soma
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Gray matter
Myelencephalon
4. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Pituitary gland
Acetylcholine
Limbic system
5. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
PET
Theta waves
androgens (example)
Nodes of Ranvier
6. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
All-or-none law
H-Y antigen
Hindbrain
Tectum
7. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Efferent fibers
Delta waves
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
8. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Myelin sheath
Brain evolution
Oligodendrocytes
Electroencephalogram
9. Or just synapse - the space between 2 neurons where they communication
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Synapse gap
Electroencephalogram
Glutamate
10. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Tectum
Reticular formation
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Neuron
11. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Basal ganglia
Indolamines
Axon hillock
12. An amino acid - most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter
Vasopressin
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Alexia
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
13. Of pituitary - regulate water levels in body and therefore BP
Ventricles
Pituitary gland
Organizational hormones
Vasopressin
14. Between myelin sheath - help send impulse down axon
Diencephalon
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nodes of Ranvier
Thyroid stimulating hormone
15. The basic unit of the nervous system - Consist of: Dentrites - cell body (soma) - axon hillock - axon - myelin sheath - nodes of Ranvier - Terminal buttons - cell membrane - synapse - glial cells
Broca'S aphasia
Meninges
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Neuron
16. Where soma and axon connect
Axon hillock
Agraphia
Theta waves
Basal ganglia
17. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
Cingulate gyrus
Acetylcholine
Parasympathetic nervous system
Neural synchrony
18. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Ventricles
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Sleep spindles
19. Midbrain; contains tectum and tegmentum
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Efferent fibers
Pituitary gland
Mesencephalon
20. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves
Thalamus
Alpha waves
Alexia
Cortical association areas
21. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Tectum
Blooming and pruning
Hyperphagia
menarche
22. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Cell membrane
Nodes of Ranvier
Glial cells
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
23. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Sleep spindles
postsynaptic potentials
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
24. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Myelin sheath
Vasopressin
25. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Efferent fibers
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
estrogen
Myelencephalon
26. Increase in males during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop - example: testosterone
Neuromodulators
androgens (example)
Cell membrane
Cingulate gyrus
27. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Wernicke'S aphasia
Amino acids
Hippocampus
28. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Amygdala
Steps in neural transmission
Brain evolution
estrogen
29. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
Spine (subsystem)
Superior colliculus
Acetylcholine
Cell membrane
30. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing
PET
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Postsynaptic cell
estrogen
31. Released at neuromuscular junction to cause contraction of skeletal muscles - also involved in parasympathetic nervous system
Glutamate
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
Parietal lobe
Acetylcholine
32. Once minimum threshold is met - intensity always the same regardless of amount of stimulation
All-or-none law
Amygdala
H-Y antigen
Telencephalon
33. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
Schwann cells
Neural synchrony
Tectum
Gyri
34. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Presynaptic cell
Synapse gap
Cell membrane
Myelin sheath
35. Bumps seen on cortex surface
Neuromodulators
Meninges
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Gyri
36. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Blooming and pruning
Spine (subsystem)
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Superior colliculus
37. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Inferior colliculus
38. Fissures seen on cortex surface
Alexia
Schwann cells
Sulci
Thalamus
39. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Axon
Glial cells
Occipital lobe
Neurotransmitters
40. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Blooming and pruning
Limbic system
41. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
androgens (example)
Superior colliculus
PET
Theta waves
42. Decrease effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. botox is an acetylecholine antagonist that decreases muscle activity)
Antagonists
Myelencephalon
Monoamines
Broca'S aphasia
43. Connections between brain and spine
Glial cells
Corticospinal tract
androgens (example)
Temporal lobe
44. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus
Relative refractory period
White matter
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Diencephalon
45. Areas on cortex that correspond to certain functions; - the larger the area - the more sensitive and highly accessed the function - Damage to a particular area would result in certain dysfunction
White Matter
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Cortical association areas
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
46. Organizational and activational
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Hormones (type)
Myelencephalon
Autonomic nervous system
47. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for somatosensory system
All-or-none law
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
48. Bundles of axon - Nerve fiber
Gyri
White Matter
postsynaptic potentials
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
49. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Sham rage
postsynaptic potentials
Apraxia
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
50. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Antagonists
Neural synchrony
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Somatic nervous system