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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance






2. Has a calcium-related role and produces the hormone parathyroid






3. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand






4. Accessory Nerve - moves the head






5. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands






6. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex






7. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine






8. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)






9. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning






10. 'little brain'






11. 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)






12. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses






13. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body






14. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration






15. Abducens Nerve - moves eye






16. 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






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






18. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies






19. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing






20. Having two copies of each chromosomes in most cells (except the gametes) - e.g. most mammals






21. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






22. 'covering'






23. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive






24. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation






25. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory






26. Sleep tests (i.e. to diagnosis sleep apnea)






27. In the tegmentum (ventral part of midbrain); its neurons connect to caudate nucleus + putamen (in basal ganglia)






28. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)






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






30. Transparent substance between lens and retina






31. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO






32. Associated with defensive and aggressive behavior; lesions produce docility and hypersexual states (Kluver & Bucy)






33. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety






34. The synchronization of the menstrual or estrous cycles of a group of females - which occurs only in the presence of a pheromone in a male'S urine






35. 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)


36. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina






37. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress






38. 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






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






40. Includes the thalamus and hypothalamus; region of forebrain surrounding the 3rd ventricle






41. Holds the lens in place






42. Hormones that reduce pain






43. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)






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






45. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz






46. A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior or physiology of another animal; usually smelled or tasted






47. 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






48. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults






49. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication






50. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus