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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Is regulated by the hypothalamus
sleep spindles
progesterone
homeostasis
nigrostriatal system
2. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
Cranial Nerve III
projection areas
effects of repeated administration
3. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
autolytic
Cranial Nerve VIII
biological etiology of schizophrenia
tegmentum
4. An ovary or teste
Hobson & McCarley
gonad
aphasia
consummatory stimulus
5. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
indirect antagonists
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
Cranial Nerve IX
slow-wave sleep
6. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands
projection areas
Cranial Nerve VI
septum
subarachnoid space
7. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
agonist
supernormal stimulus
mammillary bodies
aphasia
8. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
ventricles
antagonist
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
9. Convoluted of hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) divided into two hemispheres (left and right) which are further divided into four lobes (occipital - parietal - temporal and frontal)
tritanopia
cerebral cortex
ethology
alpha activity
10. Receptors whose activation directly affects potassium or chloride ion channels in the neuron - (many drugs of abuse substitute for natural GABA- alcohol - benzos - barbituates
ionotropic receptors
direct antagonist
anterograde
Cranial Nerve IX
11. Regulates body temperature
Frontal lobe
L-Dopa
direct antagonist
hypothalamus
12. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz
basal ganglia
endogenous
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
delta activity
13. hormone - secreted by the pituitary gland -signals the adrenal gland to secrete corticosteroid hormones -ACTH is a critical component of the HPA Axis that controls the stress response
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
norepinephrine
fusiform face area
basal ganglia
14. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
nigrostriatal system
Frontal lobe
midbrain
15. A peptide - also known as OREXIN - produced by neurons whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus; their destruction causes narcolepsy
sleep
hypocretin
tolerance
Vomeronasal Organ
16. When a neuron reaches its excitation threshold - the neuron will produce an action potential of FIXED amplitude regardless of the magnitude of the stimulation
All-or-None Law
motor cortex
ethology
delta activity
17. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
projection fiber
cerebellum
endorphin
proximate biological considerations
18. Are found in the diencephalon
hypothalamus + thalamus
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
diploid
suspensory ligament
19. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)
sleep attack
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
biological foundations
fusiform face area
20. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
substantia nigra
tectum
Cranial Nerve VI
aqueous humor
21. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
species- specific reactions
Mesolimbic System
anterior hypothalamus
indirect antagonists
22. Follow Hering'S Opponent Process of color vision - and only have two types: red-green and yellow-blue; other levels of color vision are tri-chromatic
cerebrospinal fluid
direct antagonist
tardive dyskinesia
retinal ganglion cells
23. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex
autonomic nervous system
Mesocortical system
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
supernormal stimulus
24. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication
affinity
graded potentials
mesencephalon
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
25. Causes mesolimbic dopamine hyperactivity; etiology of schizophrenia
fornix
prefrontal hypoactivity
sleep paralysis
lens
26. Found that developmental changes occurring in puberty make the brain more susceptible to the psychotic effects of NDMA antagonist and therefore also related to the emergence of symptoms of schizophrenia
substantia nigra
cerebellum
Farber et al. (1995)
hindbrain
27. The restorative effect of introducing a new female sex partner to a male that has apparently become 'exhausted' by sexual activity
behavioral regulation
Mesocortical system
cerebrospinal fluid
Coolidge effect
28. Holds the lens in place
Cranial Nerve V
Cranial Nerve IX
effects of repeated administration
suspensory ligament
29. Produces acetylcholine. One of the earliest sites of cell death in Alzheimer'S Disease (neurological disorder associated with a deficiency in acetylcholine) is in the basal forebrain
amygdala
projection area
basal forebrain
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
30. ...
acetylcholine
sensorimotor cortex
Frontal lobe
law of specific nerve energies
31. Caudate nucleus and putamen
fornix
neostriatum
projection fiber
nucleotides
32. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
efferent neurons
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
non-REM sleep
33. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
temporal summation
efferent neurons
equipotentiality
34. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)
meninges
zygote
tectum
pituitary gland
35. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
monoamines
autonomic nervous system
osmoreceptors
accommodation (bodily)
36. Absolute; relative
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
autonomic nervous system
cingulate gyrus
mesencephalon
37. The slowing and eventual cessation of estrous cycles in groups of female animals that are housed together; caused by a pheromone in the animals urine and first observed in mice
Lee-Boot effect
septum
stages of sleep
K Complexes
38. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
GABA
beta activity
REM rebound
path of cerebrospinal fluid
39. Having two copies of each chromosomes in most cells (except the gametes) - e.g. most mammals
diploid
indirect antagonists
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
ionotropic receptors
40. Olfactory Nerve - smell
Hobson & McCarley
effects of repeated administration
nucleotides
Cranial Nerve I
41. Instead of one continuum for sex (masculine-feminine) - her work in the presence of both masculine and feminine features/development suggests these are actually two separate continuums (defeminized-feminized and unmasculinized-masculinized)
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42. If a synapse is active at about the same time that a postsynaptic neuron is active - that synapse will be strengthened
zygote
basal ganglia
scotopic vision
Hebb rule
43. Attaches to a binding site on receptor and interferes with the action of the receptor without affecting the binding site for the principal ligand (noncompetitive binding)
spinal cord
indirect antagonists
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
monoamines
44. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
Cranial Nerve VIII
Cranial Nerve V
polysomnograms
extirpation
45. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
autolytic
brainstem
alpha activity
midbrain
46. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
cerebellum
projection area
septal rage
the 7 major neurotransmitters
47. Midbrain - medulla and the pons
species- specific reactions
relative refractory period
brainstem
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
48. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion
Cranial Nerve X
Mesocortical system
prefrontal cortex
Bruce effect
49. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
cerebral cortex
amacrine cells
contralateral
noncompetitive binding
50. Acquired language disorders - usually caused by damage in the left hemisphere; includes Broca'S: (left frontal lobe damage) and Wernickes'S (left temporal/parietal damage)
aphasia
graded potentials
the 7 major neurotransmitters
lateral hypothalamus (LH)