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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






12. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






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






14. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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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45. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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