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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






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






3. 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.






4. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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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12. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Part of the PNS that includes the cranial and spinal nerves to and from the muscles - joints - and skin that produce movement - transmit incoming sensory input - and inform the CNS about the position and movement of body parts.






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






34. 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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35. 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.






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

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37. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.