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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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