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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






37. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






38. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.