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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






2. 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.






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






4. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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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41. 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.






42. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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