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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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.






15. Major structure of the brainstem specialized for coordinating and learning skilled movements. In large-brained animals - it may also have a role in the coordination of other mental processes.






16. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






19. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






48. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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