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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.


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






14. 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.






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






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


17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.


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






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






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






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