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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz
Korsakoff'S amnesia
dopaminergic systems
triggers of behavior
delta activity
2. 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
retinal ganglion cells
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
substantia nigra
hypothalamus
3. Is found in the frontal lobe (which is divided into the prefrontal lobes and ___ ___)
ionotropic receptors
Cranial Nerve VII
motor cortex
All-or-None Law
4. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands
affinity
Cranial Nerve IV
projection areas
thyroid
5. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
proximal image
subcortical structures
suprachiasmatic nucleus
cerebral cortex
6. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
hypnagogic activity
Thompson & Spencer
extirpation
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
7. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory
fornix
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
pituitary gland
tolerance
8. Increases heartrate - dilates/constricts blood vessels - increases blood sugar - produces hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine
brainstem
the adrenal medulla
Vomeronasal Organ
path of cerebrospinal fluid
9. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
L-Dopa
non-competitive bonding
effects of repeated administration
pineal gland
10. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
graded potentials
galvanic skin response (GSR)
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
hypothalamus
11. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive
beta activity
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
Cranial Nerve V
spinal cord
12. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
Yerkes-Dodson Law
delta activity
tegmentum
myelin sheath
13. 'little brain'
Cranial Nerves
cerebellum
hindbrain
autonomic nervous system
14. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery
brainstem
adrenal cortex
projection areas
bregma
15. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)
antagonist
endorphin & enkephalin
non-competitive binding
ovaries/testes
16. Projects to ventral tegmental area
Cranial Nerve IX
prefrontal cortex
basal ganglia
endogenous
17. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress
REM sleep
pineal gland
path of lightwaves entering eye
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
18. 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)
progesterone
diencephalon
alpha activity
fusiform face area
19. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex
Mesocortical system
sleep paralysis
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
biological etiology of schizophrenia
20. 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
Cranial Nerves
medulla & pons
indirect antagonists
Whitten effect
21. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
temporal summation
Mesolimbic System
K Complexes
antimanics
22. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
bregma
antagonist
Coolidge effect
monoamine neurotransmitters
23. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
H.M
Farber et al. (1995)
contralateral
relative refractory period
24. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance
estrous cycle
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
septal rage
cerebellum
25. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)
reaction time
pineal gland
equipotentiality
proximate biological considerations
26. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia
hippocampus
Cranial Nerve VIII
medial nucleus of the amygdala
Ketamine
27. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
suspensory ligament
temporal lobes
Cranial Nerve V
sleep paralysis
28. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep
parathyroid
sleep paralysis
antimanics
All-or-None Law
29. Symptom of narcolepsy - irresistible urge to
biological foundations
diencephalon
sleep attack
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
30. Norepinephrine and serotonin
projection areas
receptor blockers
hindbrain
monoamine neurotransmitters
31. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior
spinal cord
equipotentiality
septal rage
Coolidge effect
32. Include the Nigrostriatal system - Mesolimbic system and Mesocortical system
dopaminergic systems
theta activity
Cranial Nerve I
Cranial Nerve VIII
33. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
slow-wave sleep
cingulate gyrus
accommodation (bodily)
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
34. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
osmoregulation
direct antagonist
Cranial Nerve VIII
fornix
35. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)
Vandenbergh effect
proximate biological considerations
hypothalamus
polysomnograms
36. Holds the lens in place
H.M
suspensory ligament
species- specific reactions
monozygotic twins
37. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
zygote
slow-wave sleep
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
graded potentials
38. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)
alpha activity
theta activity
amygdala
law of specific nerve energies
39. Part of a glial cell that wraps around the axon of a neuron - providing insulation that facilitates speed of propagation of action potential
equipotentiality
retinal ganglion cells
myelin sheath
Cranial Nerve VI
40. Include indolamines (serotonin) and catecholamines (dopamine - norepinephrine and epinephrine)
sensorimotor cortex
monoamines
hypothalamus
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
41. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
Coolidge effect
reticulum
projection area
nystagmus
42. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
Cranial Nerve VI
gonad
collateral sprouting
monozygotic twins
43. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
HPA Axis
nigrostriatal system
sensorimotor cortex
ionotropic receptors
44. Important to motor system
the 7 major neurotransmitters
basal ganglia
hair cells
red nucleus + substantia nigra
45. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)
Frontal lobe
aqueous humor
mesencephalon
parietal lobes
46. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates
slow-wave sleep
estrous cycle
association areas; projection areas
ipsilateral
47. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
sleep spindles
Cranial Nerve IX
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
thalamus
48. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
Frontal lobe
reciprocal innervation
cingulate gyrus
hypothalamus + thalamus
49. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration
sensitivity
thyroid
motor cortex
effects of repeated administration
50. Regulates body temperature
Glial cells
aqueous humor
hypothalamus
hippocampus