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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






14. 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.


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






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






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






18. 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.


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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






46. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






49. 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.






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