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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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1. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic






2. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra






3. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists






4. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function






5. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






6. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response






7. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges






8. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin






9. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body






10. 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)






11. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones






12. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)






13. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system






14. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory






15. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology






16. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration






17. Reduces anxiety - released with NE in amygdala - hippocampus - basal ganglia - periaqueductal gray region - locus coeruleus and PFS; NPY is diminished in persons with PTSD/CPTSD and those exposed to chronic stress






18. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






19. Olfactory Nerve - smell






20. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)






21. Abducens Nerve - moves eye






22. Regulates body temperature






23. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)






24. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell






25. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






26. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)






27. A steroid hormone produced by the ovary that maintains the endometrial lining of the uterus during the later part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy; along with estradiol it promotes receptivity in female mammals with estrous cycles






28. 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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29. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors






30. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system






31. Produce drowsiness and sleepiness






32. Self-dissolving






33. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds






34. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms






35. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum






36. The earlier onset of puberty seen in female animals that are housed with males caused by a pheromone in the male'S urine and first observed in mice






37. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands






38. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum






39. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin






40. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus






41. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments






42. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior






43. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion






44. Focuses light waves on the retina and is held in place by the suspensory ligament; aqueous humor on cornea side; vitreous humor on retina side






45. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs






46. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus






47. Mechanism whereby neurons make connections to new areas to change their connectivity






48. Transparent substance between lens and retina






49. 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






50. A region of the visual association cortex located in the extrastriate cortex at the base of the brain that has special face-recognizing circuits (more important in right hemisphere)