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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. ...
law of specific nerve energies
reticulum
L-Dopa
receptive field
2. Is found between the arachnoid mater and Pia mater; this is where CSF cushions (and bathes) the brain - giving it the floating quality (and keeping it moist/circulating)
tyrosine
Cranial Nerve II
subarachnoid space
affinity
3. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
Mesocortical system
cingulate gyrus
species- specific reactions
cerebral cortex
4. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
sleep paralysis
triggers of behavior
consummatory stimulus
5. Regulates body temperature
bregma
melatonin
hypothalamus
zygote
6. learning and memory -neurotransmitter released at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle axons to excite the muscle to contract
substantia nigra
acetylcholine
basal ganglia
scotopic vision
7. Sign
triggers of behavior
antagonist
trichromatic levels of color vision
sign stimulus
8. The maintenance of water balance in the body
reticulum
endorphin & enkephalin
amygdala
osmoregulation
9. 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
Cranial Nerve IX
basal forebrain
Farber et al. (1995)
reticular formation
10. 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)
GABA
effects of repeated administration
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
indirect antagonists
11. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil
Cranial Nerve III
Thompson & Spencer
slow-wave sleep
homeostasis
12. One of the primary noradrenergic nuclei whose ascending axons project to frontal cortex - thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system
locus coeruleus
galvanic skin response (GSR)
relative refractory period
mesencephalon
13. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females
basal ganglia
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
sexual dimorphic behavior
reaction time
14. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
projection fiber
reticular formation
endorphin
HPA Axis
15. An ovary or teste
subarachnoid space
gonad
consummatory stimulus
relative refractory period
16. Transparent substance between lens and retina
prefrontal hypoactivity
hypothalamus
Bruce effect
vitreous humor
17. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
alpha activity
noncompetitive binding
Whitten effect
Cranial Nerve V
18. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
lesions in the reticular activating system
amygdala
association areas; projection areas
19. 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)
indirect antagonists
pineal gland
projection areas
fusiform face area
20. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
Mesocortical system
melatonin
REM rebound
indirect antagonists
21. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
norepinephrine
Mesolimbic System
zygosity
prefrontal hypoactivity
22. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb
medial nucleus of the amygdala
galvanic skin response (GSR)
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
corpus callosum
23. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
affinity
red nucleus + substantia nigra
pineal gland
antimanics
24. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
cerebral cortex
midbrain
norepinephrine
sleep
25. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
ventricles
H.M
cerebellum
prefrontal hypoactivity
26. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors
proximal image
Cranial Nerve IV
medulla & pons
ethology
27. Are found in the diencephalon
hypothalamus + thalamus
cutaneous senses
delta activity
sleep paralysis
28. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
gonad
ovaries/testes
mammillary bodies
nystagmus
29. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
norepinephrine
spinal cord
REM rebound
endocrine system
30. Glandular system control center - produces the hormones oxytocin and antidiuretic; functions in both the nervous system and endocrine sytem - In the forebrain - regulates motivated behaviors (eating - drinking - aggression - sexual behavior
endorphin & enkephalin
hypothalamus
path of cerebrospinal fluid
triggers of behavior
31. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
hindbrain
Cranial Nerve X
species- specific reactions
anterior hypothalamus
32. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
All-or-None Law
cerebellum
noncompetitive binding
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
33. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system
superior colliculi
Cranial Nerve X
anterior hypothalamus
myelin sheath
34. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)
ethology
tectum
projection fiber
hypothalamus
35. Pleasure center of the brain; discovered by Olds & Milner
tegmentum
iris
hypothalamus
septum
36. Sleep tests (i.e. to diagnosis sleep apnea)
polysomnograms
hypothalamus
efferent neurons
cingulate gyrus
37. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses
septal rage
delta activity
association areas; projection areas
lens
38. Sleepwalking - sleep talking
pupil
zygosity
thyroid
hypnagogic activity
39. 1. ventral tegmentum to mesolimbic forebrain (cognition - reward systems - emotional behavior) 2. substantia nigra to caudate nucleus putamen (movement and sensory stimulation) 3. hypothalamus to pituitary gland (neuronal/hormonal control)
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
Cranial Nerve IX
acetylcholine
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
40. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
antagonist
sexual dimorphic behavior
mesencephalon
parietal lobes
41. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
temporal summation
dirty medications; clean medications
projection area
subdural space
42. Holds the lens in place
REM rebound
All-or-None Law
projection areas
suspensory ligament
43. Made from within - natural
endogenous
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
spinal cord
myelin sheath
44. Includes the thalamus and hypothalamus; region of forebrain surrounding the 3rd ventricle
receptor blockers
fusiform face area
diencephalon
corpus callosum
45. A single - unfertilized cell created during conception; the combined egg + sperm
septal rage
zygote
cerebellum
vitreous humor
46. Colored part of the eye
osmoreceptors
zygosity
iris
non-competitive binding
47. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior
Cranial Nerve XII
anterior hypothalamus
amygdala
subarachnoid space
48. The viscous substance between cornea and lens
aqueous humor
Cranial Nerve XI
zygosity
amygdala
49. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum
basal forebrain
osmoregulation
mesencephalon
tardive dyskinesia
50. 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
subdural space
cataplexy
Mesolimbic System
Bruce effect