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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus
Neural synchrony
Diencephalon
Hypothalamus
Endorphins
2. 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
Sympathetic nervous system
Neural synchrony
Gyri
Saltatory conduction
3. Of telencephalon - links brain areas dealing with emotion and decisions
Electroencephalogram
Cingulate gyrus
Blood-brain barrier
Beta waves
4. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Beta waves
Brain evolution
Hyperphagia
Axon
5. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Diencephalon
Cingulate gyrus
Apraxia
Stereotaxic instruments
6. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Beta waves
Sleep spindles
Rebound effect
7. Comprise two classes of neurotransmitters - indolamines and catecholamines
Sleep cycles
Rebound effect
Monoamines
H-Y antigen
8. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
White matter
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Brain evolution
Ventricles
9. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Soma
Telencephalon
Monoamines
Hyperphagia
10. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
postsynaptic potentials
Delta waves
Presynaptic cell
PET
11. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
Meninges
Synaptic vessels
Terminal buttons
Amino acids
12. 4-6 complete ones - each about 90 minutes - early in the night most time in stage 3 and 4 - 2 and REM sleep predominate later
Efferent fibers
Myelin sheath
Sleep cycles
Synapse gap
13. Between myelin sheath - help send impulse down axon
Nodes of Ranvier
Occipital lobe
Gyri
Sham rage
14. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Cortical association areas
Rebound effect
White matter
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
15. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Schwann cells
Tegmentum
Hindbrain
Sleep spindles
16. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
Diencephalon
Sulci
Synaptic vessels
Soma
17. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing
Tectum
Hyperphagia
Dendrites
Mesencephalon
18. Provide myelin in central nervous system
Oligodendrocytes
Hormones (type)
Blood-brain barrier
Basal ganglia
19. Once minimum threshold is met - intensity always the same regardless of amount of stimulation
Spine (subsystem)
Mesencephalon
All-or-none law
Vasopressin
20. 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
H-Y antigen
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Cortical association areas
Agonists
21. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Presynaptic cell
Reticular formation
All-or-none law
22. Inactivated state of a neuron
Parietal lobe
resting potential
Monoamines
White matter
23. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Forebrain (division)
Wernicke'S aphasia
Stereotaxic instruments
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
24. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Diencephalon
Electroencephalogram
oxytocin
Myelin sheath
25. Organizational and activational
Hormones (type)
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Sympathetic nervous system
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
26. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
Delta waves
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
estrogen
Synapse gap
27. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Sham rage
Activational hormones
Agonists
Neurotransmitters
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
Terminal buttons
Afferent fibers
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Hindbrain
29. Holds neurotransmitters
Cell membrane
Sympathetic nervous system
Synaptic vessels
Gray matter
30. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Thalamus
Somatic nervous system
Tectum
Hormones (type)
31. Released from the pituitary and facilitates birth and breast feeding - also involved in pair bonding (mother to child or romantic partners) -
Activational hormones
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
oxytocin
Ventricles
32. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Sleep spindles
menarche
Metencephalon
33. Time after a neuron fires which it cannot respond to stimulation
Catecholamines
Inferior colliculus
Absolute refractory period
Neural synchrony
34. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Postsynaptic cell
Gray matter
Myelin sheath
Alexia
35. Beginning of neuron (dendrites)
Postsynaptic cell
Ventricles
Frontal lobe
Delta waves
36. Associated with changes in hormone levels throughout the month - estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone - follicle stimulating hormone
Frontal lobe
Monoamines
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Tegmentum
37. 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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38. (1) resting potential - neuron negatively charged - cell membrane does not let ions in; (2) presynaptic cell releases neurotransmitters from terminal buttons; (3) postsynaptic receptors in postsynaptic cells detects neurotransmitter and open ion chan
Steps in neural transmission
Presynaptic cell
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
Axon hillock
39. Bumps seen on cortex surface
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Theta waves
Gyri
Metencephalon
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. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Steps in neural transmission
Tectum
Activational hormones
Pituitary gland
42. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Cingulate gyrus
Indolamines
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Glial cells
43. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
Superior colliculus
Corticospinal tract
reuptake
Agraphia
44. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Synapse gap
Myelencephalon
reuptake
PET
45. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Apraxia
Amino acids
White matter
Metencephalon
46. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing
White Matter
menarche
All-or-none law
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
47. 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
Hindbrain
Autonomic nervous system
Neuron
Glutamate
48. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to write
Agraphia
Corticospinal tract
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Axon hillock
49. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Autonomic nervous system
Afferent fibers
Tectum
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
50. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Electroencephalogram
H-Y antigen
Cell membrane
Axon