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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds
absolute refractory periods
receptive field
melatonin
autolytic
2. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises
temporal summation
K Complexes
sensitivity
subarachnoid space
3. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
basic rest-activity cycle
supernormal stimulus
midbrain
Cranial Nerve VIII
4. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
pheromone
cingulate gyrus
efferent neurons
pituitary gland
5. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
delta activity
the 7 major neurotransmitters
Cranial Nerve VI
antimanics
6. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand
noncompetitive binding
the adrenal medulla
antimanics
consummatory stimulus
7. Mechanism whereby neurons make connections to new areas to change their connectivity
Cranial Nerve II
collateral sprouting
ultimate biological considerations
sleep paralysis
8. Functions in metabolism (carbohydrate - protein - lipid) and in the endocrine system'S salt/water balance - produces the hormones cortisol and aldosterone
septal rage
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
adrenal cortex
Thompson & Spencer
9. ...
lens
thalamus
law of specific nerve energies
tyrosine
10. Occurs for body temperature - blood glucose levels - blood concentration - etc -hormones are important
homeostatic regulation
Cranial Nerve III
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
11. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser
ethology
triggers of behavior
monoamines
Cranial Nerve XII
12. An anterograde amnesia in which one cannot form episodic memories BUT in experiments - patients that cannot identify previously heard melodies do show a preference for them -> explicit memory function has a different neurological basis than implicit
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13. 'little net'
equipotentiality
septum
galvanic skin response (GSR)
reticulum
14. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
ovaries/testes
septal rage
dirty medications; clean medications
norepinephrine
15. A single - unfertilized cell created during conception; the combined egg + sperm
zygote
Cranial Nerve X
progesterone
endorphin & enkephalin
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
basal forebrain
endogenous
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
association areas; projection areas
17. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin
diencephalon
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
substantia nigra
Lee-Boot effect
18. Produce drowsiness and sleepiness
endorphin & enkephalin
lesions in the reticular activating system
galvanic skin response (GSR)
fusiform face area
19. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
Cranial Nerve XI
hypnagogic activity
Thompson & Spencer
estrous cycle
20. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
sleep spindles
melatonin
law of specific nerve energies
noncompetitive binding
21. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
endogenous
receptor blockers
hindbrain
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
22. Is regulated by the hypothalamus
slow-wave sleep
noncompetitive binding
homeostasis
antimanics
23. Projects to ventral tegmental area
prefrontal cortex
spinal cord
brainstem
Cranial Nerve III
24. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
hypothalamus
noncompetitive binding
aqueous humor
agonist
25. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
extirpation
Cranial Nerve XII
Vomeronasal Organ
melatonin
26. Termination of pregnancy by the odor of a pheromone in the urine of a male other than the one that impregnated the female; first observed in mice
non-competitive binding
Bruce effect
biological etiology of schizophrenia
polysomnograms
27. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
motor cortex
cerebellum
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
accommodation (bodily)
28. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
septal rage
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
antimanics
pineal gland
29. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates
nigrostriatal system
antimanics
estrous cycle
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
30. Receptors whose activation directly affects potassium or chloride ion channels in the neuron - (many drugs of abuse substitute for natural GABA- alcohol - benzos - barbituates
Mesocortical system
ionotropic receptors
graded potentials
Lee-Boot effect
31. 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
graded potentials
supernormal stimulus
accommodation (bodily)
32. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes
basal ganglia
cerebral cortex
hindbrain
cataplexy
33. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
theta activity
aphasia
vitreous humor
subcortical structures
34. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
endocrine system
septum
affinity
sleep attack
35. The female reproductive cycle of most primates - including humans; recognized by growth of the lining of the uterus - ovulation - development of a corpus luteum - and (if pregnancy does not occur) menstration
menstrual cycle
amygdala
mesencephalon
biological etiology of schizophrenia
36. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon
reticular formation
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
sleep paralysis
locus coeruleus
37. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
endorphin & enkephalin
temporal summation
amygdala
REM rebound
38. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
Bruce effect
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
sensorimotor cortex
tardive dyskinesia
39. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance
mammillary bodies
monozygotic twins
cerebellum
spinal cord
40. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red
Cranial Nerve V
sexual dimorphic behavior
antagonist
tritanopia
41. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum
melatonin
Bruce effect
endogenous
nigrostriatal system
42. Made from within - natural
homeostasis
Vandenbergh effect
anterograde
endogenous
43. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands
projection areas
Cranial Nerve II
superior colliculi
substantia nigra
44. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
estrous cycle
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
H.M
Cranial Nerve IX
45. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
relative refractory period
lipid soluble drugs/medications
midbrain
accommodation (bodily)
46. Consummatory stimulus
projection area
affinity
consummatory stimulus
Vandenbergh effect
47. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
inferior colliculi
hair cells
medial nucleus of the amygdala
48. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia
osmoreceptors
hypothalamus
hippocampus
biological etiology of schizophrenia
49. First described by Descartes - a combination of antagonistic muscle movements (e.g. those involved in walking)
Vandenbergh effect
the adrenal medulla
reciprocal innervation
mammillary bodies
50. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies
spinal cord
path of cerebrospinal fluid
Cranial Nerve II
antagonist