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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.






16. 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.






17. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






19. 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.






20. 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.


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.


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






37. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






40. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






41. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






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






43. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






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