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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Increases heartrate - dilates/constricts blood vessels - increases blood sugar - produces hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine
the adrenal medulla
hypothalamus
cingulate gyrus
agonist
2. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises
K Complexes
reciprocal innervation
trichromatic levels of color vision
REM rebound
3. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
slow-wave sleep
lipid soluble drugs/medications
inferior colliculi
equipotentiality
4. Dorsal part of midbrain; includes the superior and inferior colliculi
osmoreceptors
tectum
diencephalon
tegmentum
5. Short bursts of waves 12-14 Hz that occur 2-5 times a minute during stages 1-4 of sleep; most characteristic of sleep Stage II; some believe sleep spindles are involved in keeping one asleep (decline in older people)
sleep spindles
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
nucleotides
myelin sheath
6. Actually are two kinds: monochorionic and dichorionic (blastocyst splis into two before day 4)
ultimate biological considerations
Cranial Nerve IV
endorphin
monozygotic twins
7. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
hypothalamus
non-REM sleep
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
basal forebrain
8. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad
sleep
ultimate biological considerations
corpus callosum
nystagmus
9. Refers to both the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex (they are a little different but very interrelated)
sensorimotor cortex
pineal gland
thalamus
suspensory ligament
10. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb
tritanopia
anterior hypothalamus
slow-wave sleep
medial nucleus of the amygdala
11. 'little net'
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
reticulum
diencephalon
endocrine system
12. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
Mesocortical system
sign stimulus
tolerance
pituitary gland
13. Include indolamines (serotonin) and catecholamines (dopamine - norepinephrine and epinephrine)
monoamines
locus coeruleus
estrous cycle
hippocampus
14. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
relative refractory period
endorphin
Cranial Nerve II
subcortical structures
15. Related to plasticity - the term Lashley used to describe different parts of the cortex being interchangeable in their roles in learning
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
direct antagonist
equipotentiality
pituitary gland
16. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
polysomnograms
projection fiber
Frontal lobe
synthesis-activation hypothesis
17. 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
sleep
ovaries/testes
zygosity
basal forebrain
18. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance
adrenal cortex
pineal gland
absolute refractory periods
cerebellum
19. Transparent substance between lens and retina
vitreous humor
Hebb rule
anterior hypothalamus
brainstem
20. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)
Bruce effect
Hobson & McCarley
parietal lobes
Cranial Nerve III
21. Include the Nigrostriatal system - Mesolimbic system and Mesocortical system
lens
mesencephalon
dopaminergic systems
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
22. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems
the 7 major neurotransmitters
efferent neurons
osmoregulation
graded potentials
23. 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)
cerebellum
Cranial Nerve IV
aphasia
cataplexy
24. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
antagonist
cerebellum
Korsakoff'S amnesia
HPA Axis
25. Regulates body temperature
medulla & pons
tritanopia
hypothalamus
homeostatic regulation
26. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
diencephalon
receptor blockers
mammillary bodies
parietal lobes
27. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body
contralateral
tectum
proximate biological considerations
acetylcholine
28. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
tolerance
tectum
sleep paralysis
Cranial Nerve VIII
29. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal
hypocretin
equipotentiality
cerebrospinal fluid
Cranial Nerve XI
30. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
Ketamine
graded potentials
hypothalamus
behavioral regulation
31. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier
lipid soluble drugs/medications
progesterone
Hobson & McCarley
hindbrain
32. Optic Nerve - sight
agonist
Cranial Nerve II
Cranial Nerve IV
lens
33. 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
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
motor cortex
34. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system
diploid
superior colliculi
meninges
indirect antagonists
35. 'little brain'
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
synthesis-activation hypothesis
cerebellum
cataplexy
36. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
tolerance
ovaries/testes
occipital lobes
37. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions
association area
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
reticular formation
dopaminergic systems
38. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
the adrenal medulla
endogenous
extirpation
acetylcholine
39. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine
proximal image
nucleotides
alpha activity
L-Dopa
40. Olfactory Nerve - smell
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Cranial Nerve I
retinal ganglion cells
theta activity
41. Includes the tectum and tegmentum
Cranial Nerve I
mesencephalon
cerebellum
projection fiber
42. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation
tritanopia
biological foundations
homeostatic regulation
ventricles
43. Consummatory stimulus
norepinephrine
the adrenal medulla
consummatory stimulus
corpus callosum
44. Symptom of narcolepsy - irresistible urge to
cingulate gyrus
reticulum
sleep attack
suspensory ligament
45. 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
fusiform face area
L-Dopa
autolytic
Vandenbergh effect
46. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)
antimanics
association area
antagonist
Vomeronasal Organ
47. Part of a glial cell that wraps around the axon of a neuron - providing insulation that facilitates speed of propagation of action potential
reticulum
autonomic nervous system
basic rest-activity cycle
myelin sheath
48. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus
Hebb rule
Cranial Nerve II
sexual dimorphic behavior
norepinephrine
49. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina
sign stimulus
Lee-Boot effect
path of lightwaves entering eye
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
50. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
absolute refractory periods
H.M
amygdala
amacrine cells
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