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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






16. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


26. 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.


27. 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.


28. 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.






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






30. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






46. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.