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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






48. 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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49. 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.






50. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.







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