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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
White Matter
Diencephalon
Species-typical behavior
Neuron
2. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Alzheimer's Disease
Cytoarchitectonic map
Cerebral Cortex
Thalamus
3. 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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4. 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.
Hemispherectomy
Forebrain
Temporal Lobe
Species-typical behavior
5. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Excitation
Bilateral Symmetry
Culture
Parkinson's Disease
6. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Tract
Tegmentum
Nerve
Ganglia
7. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Brainstem
Ganglia
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Hemisphere
8. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Forebrain
Hypothalamus
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Tourettes's Syndrome
9. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Basal ganglia
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
White Matter
10. 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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11. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Brainstem
Psyche
Common Ancestor
Dualism
12. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Tectum
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Radiator Hypothesis
Psyche
13. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Corpus Callosum
Midbrain
Excitation
14. 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.
Gray Matter
Frontal Lobe
Ventricle
Limbic system
15. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Diencephalon
Tegmentum
Law of Bell and Magendie
Hemispherectomy
16. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Hemisphere
Cerebrum
Efferent
Central Nervous System (CNS)
17. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Embodied Consciousness
Hemispherectomy
Hindbrain
18. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Ganglia
Segmentation
Brainstem
Mind-Body Problem
19. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Materialism
Excitation
20. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.
Hemispherectomy
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Reticular Formation
Thalamus
21. 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.
Cranial nerve
Parietal Lobe
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
White Matter
22. 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.
Cerebellum
White Matter
Tract
Frontal Lobe
23. 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.
Encephalization quotient
Temporal Lobe
Cytoarchitectonic map
Midbrain
24. 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.
Hindbrain
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Segmentation
Natural Selection
25. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Alzheimer's Disease
Stroke
Ventricle
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
26. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Parasympathetic Division
Cerebellum
Spinal Cord
Law of Bell and Magendie
27. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Limbic system
Culture
Nerve
Hominid
28. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Cerebrum
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Psyche
29. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Orienting movement
Corpus Callosum
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Law of Bell and Magendie
30. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Reticular Formation
Species
Orienting movement
31. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Dermatome
Cytoarchitectonic map
Basal ganglia
Midbrain
32. 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.
Species
Efferent
Law of Bell and Magendie
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
33. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Thalamus
Encephalization quotient
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Neoteny
34. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Cerebellum
Thalamus
Hemisphere
Natural Selection
35. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Clinical Trial
Cladogram
Afferent
Dualism
36. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Law of Bell and Magendie
Diencephalon
Stroke
37. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Cladogram
Neuron
Afferent
Cerebral Cortex
38. 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.
Cranial nerve
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Nerve Set
Neuron
39. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Species
Chordate
Bilateral Symmetry
Efferent
40. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Occipital Lobe
Cranial nerve
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
41. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Cranial nerve
Efferent
Segmentation
Cladogram
42. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Thalamus
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Stroke
Ventricle
43. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Dermatome
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Tectum
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
44. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Law of Bell and Magendie
Common Ancestor
Cerebral Cortex
45. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Afferent
Tegmentum
Ganglia
Corpus Callosum
46. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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47. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Hypothalamus
Tract
Hominid
Cerebrum
48. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Reticular Formation
Neoteny
Psyche
Forebrain
49. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Cerebral Cortex
Stroke
Midbrain
Forebrain
50. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Hindbrain
Law of Bell and Magendie
Occipital Lobe
Neuron