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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. Simple nervous system that has no brain or spinal cord but consists of neurons that receive sensory information and connect directly to other neurons that move muscles.






2. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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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25. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






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






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

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28. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






31. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






32. 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.






33. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






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






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






36. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






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






38. Harry Jerison's quantitative measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to expected brain size - according to the principle of proper mass - for an animal of a particular body size.






39. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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