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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.

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2. Darwin's theory for explaining how new species evolve and how existing species change over time. Differential success in the reproduction of different characteristics (phenotypes) results from the interaction of organisms with their environment.






3. Major structure of the brainstem specialized for coordinating and learning skilled movements. In large-brained animals - it may also have a role in the coordination of other mental processes.






4. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.






5. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.






6. Cerebral Cortex that functions to direct movements toward a goal or to perform a task - such as grasping an object - lying posterior to the central sulcus and beneath the parietal bone at the top of the skull.






7. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






8. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.






9. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






10. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






11. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.






12. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.






13. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.






14. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






15. Process in which maturation is delayed - and so an adult retains infant characteristics; idea derived from the observation that newly evolved species resemble the young of their common ancestors.






16. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






17. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.






18. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






19. Disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by tics; involuntary vocalizations (including curse words and animal sounds); and odd - involuntary movements of the body; especially of the face and head.

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20. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






21. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.






22. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.






23. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






24. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.






25. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






26. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






27. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






28. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






29. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






30. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






31. Part of the autonomic nervous system; acts in opposition to the sympathetic division- for example - preparing the body to rest and digest by reversing the alarm response or stimulating digestion.






32. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.






33. Disparate forebrain structures lying between the neocortex and the brainstem that form a functional system controlling affective and motivated behaviors and certain forms of memory; includes cingulate cortex - amygdala - hippocampus - among other str






34. Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.






35. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






36. Disorder of the motor system correlated with a loss of dopamine in the brain an characterized by tremors - muscular rigidity - and a reduction in voluntary movement.

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37. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






38. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.






39. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.






40. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






41. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.






42. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






43. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.






44. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






45. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






46. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.






47. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.






48. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






49. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






50. Part of the central nervous system encased within the vertebrae (spinal column) tat provides most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body.