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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.






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






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






4. 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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5. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






25. 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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26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






45. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






50. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.