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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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 away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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