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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Evolutionarily the newest part of the brain; coordinates advanced cognitive functions such as thinking - planning - and language; contains the limbic system - basal ganglia - and the neocortex.






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






7. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






9. Part of the autonomic nervous system; arouses the body for action - such as mediating the involuntary fight-or-flight response to alarm by increasing hear rate and blood pressure.






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.

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21. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.






22. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.






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






24. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






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






26. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






27. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.






28. Cerebral Cortex often generally characterized as performing the brain's 'executive' functions - such as decision making - lying anterior to the central sulcus and beneath the frontal bone of the skull.






29. 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.






30. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.






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






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






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






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






35. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






36. 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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37. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






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






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






40. Cortex that functions in connection with hearing - language - and musical abilities and lies below the lateral fissure - beneath the temporal bone at the side of the lobe.






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






42. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






43. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






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






45. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






46. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






47. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.






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






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