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Behavioral Neuroscience

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


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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






24. 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.


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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.


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






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. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






50. 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.