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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine
hypothalamus
fornix
dirty medications; clean medications
tardive dyskinesia
2. Regulates body temperature
H.M
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
hypothalamus
REM sleep
3. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety
endorphin
endogenous
sexual dimorphic behavior
polysomnograms
4. Transparent substance between lens and retina
vitreous humor
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
substantia nigra
GABA
5. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
equipotentiality
pupil
law of specific nerve energies
6. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
pineal gland
dirty medications; clean medications
graded potentials
hair cells
7. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function
pheromone
inferior colliculi
REM rebound
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
8. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
pituitary gland
association areas; projection areas
hypnagogic activity
monoamine neurotransmitters
9. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
amygdala
pupil
Hobson & McCarley
Cranial Nerve XI
10. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion
red nucleus + substantia nigra
Cranial Nerve X
Whitten effect
menstrual cycle
11. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye
lipid soluble drugs/medications
indirect antagonists
corpus callosum
Cranial Nerve IV
12. A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior or physiology of another animal; usually smelled or tasted
hindbrain
pheromone
the 7 major neurotransmitters
graded potentials
13. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration
amygdala
tolerance
GABA
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
14. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon
reticular formation
iris
subcortical structures
H.M
15. 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
receptive field
absolute refractory periods
substantia nigra
menstrual cycle
16. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
zygote
effects of repeated administration
bregma
adrenal cortex
17. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
projection areas
meninges
Cranial Nerves
18. Controls sexual activity
tectum
Lee-Boot effect
Cranial Nerve V
anterior hypothalamus
19. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
subcortical structures
accommodation (bodily)
vitreous humor
supernormal stimulus
20. The maintenance of water balance in the body
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Cranial Nerve IV
substantia nigra
osmoregulation
21. Hypoglossal Nerve - moves the tongue
temporal summation
Korsakoff'S amnesia
Cranial Nerve XII
anterior hypothalamus
22. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
indirect antagonists
Cranial Nerve I
HPA Axis
Frontal lobe
23. Functions as both a hormone and a neurotransmitter in the brain
endorphin
red nucleus + substantia nigra
hindbrain
norepinephrine
24. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body
Cranial Nerve VII
Cranial Nerve VI
contralateral
Cranial Nerve V
25. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration
sensitivity
ventricles
Thompson & Spencer
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
26. Occurs when a neuron is hyperpolarized and characterized by sufficient strength of stimulation triggering a new action potential
relative refractory period
path of cerebrospinal fluid
dirty medications; clean medications
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
27. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction
nystagmus
association areas; projection areas
indirect antagonists
adrenal cortex
28. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
HPA Axis
Vandenbergh effect
Mesolimbic System
substantia nigra
29. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
projection area
dirty medications; clean medications
occipital lobes
cingulate gyrus
30. 'Roof'
tectum
nigrostriatal system
effects of repeated administration
superior colliculi
31. 'little brain'
receptive field
cerebellum
trichromatic levels of color vision
superior colliculi
32. Maintains balance/posture and coordinates body movements
cerebellum
lesions in the reticular activating system
tectum
spinal cord
33. 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
cerebrospinal fluid
graded potentials
HPA Axis
lens
34. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell
spatial summation
trichromatic levels of color vision
cerebrospinal fluid
zygote
35. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal
cerebrospinal fluid
anterograde
Cranial Nerve II
lesions in the reticular activating system
36. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex
red nucleus + substantia nigra
projection areas
occipital lobes
neostriatum
37. Moving forward
anterograde
sexual dimorphic behavior
norepinephrine
tegmentum
38. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil
Cranial Nerve II
Cranial Nerve III
association area
cerebellum
39. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
motor cortex
effects of repeated administration
pituitary gland
40. Attaches to the binding site on a receptor and interferes with the receptor'S action - but NOT by interfering with the principal ligand'S binding site (noncompetitive binding)
cingulate gyrus
indirect antagonists
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
relative refractory period
41. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
aqueous humor
proximal image
ultimate biological considerations
dirty medications; clean medications
42. Norepinephrine and serotonin
gonad
dopaminergic systems
monoamine neurotransmitters
diencephalon
43. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
REM rebound
dopaminergic systems
meninges
polysomnograms
44. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
Bem'S Androgyny studies
Yerkes-Dodson Law
non-competitive bonding
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
45. Holds the lens in place
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
suspensory ligament
parathyroid
the adrenal medulla
46. Occur in amacrine - bipolar and horizontal cells; govern/encompass the opponent-process level of color vision
prefrontal hypoactivity
trichromatic levels of color vision
polysomnograms
cingulate gyrus
47. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
basal forebrain
Mesocortical system
Coolidge effect
48. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
synthesis-activation hypothesis
amygdala
Hebb rule
hypocretin
49. Sudden - sharp waveforms found only in Stage II of sleep; spontaneously occur about one per minute but also to unexpected noises
K Complexes
midbrain
meninges
hippocampus
50. 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
slow-wave sleep
Farber et al. (1995)
biological etiology of schizophrenia
Cranial Nerve IX