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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier
basic rest-activity cycle
law of specific nerve energies
galvanic skin response (GSR)
lipid soluble drugs/medications
2. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
H.M
Vandenbergh effect
temporal summation
3. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory
neostriatum
cutaneous senses
Cranial Nerve IX
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
4. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
effects of repeated administration
sign stimulus
spinal cord
association area
5. Self-dissolving
ionotropic receptors
autolytic
relative refractory period
subdural space
6. Are direct antagonists; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - but prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
effects of repeated administration
scotopic vision
receptor blockers
delta activity
7. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance
biological etiology of schizophrenia
antimanics
Cranial Nerve VIII
REM rebound
8. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females
sexual dimorphic behavior
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
mesencephalon
Hebb rule
9. Links the nervous system and endocrine system; comprised of involuntary efferent neurons and divided into the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic branches: Sympathetic Nervous System is involved in the 'fight or flight' response and the Parasympathetic N
cutaneous senses
parathyroid
autonomic nervous system
Yerkes-Dodson Law
10. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
association area
Ketamine
tectum
pineal gland
11. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
hypocretin
osmoreceptors
ventricles
12. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
fusiform face area
prefrontal hypoactivity
temporal summation
subdural space
13. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
sleep
medial nucleus of the amygdala
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
Cranial Nerve V
14. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum
stages of sleep
cerebellum
Cranial Nerve V
cingulate gyrus
15. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
hypothalamus
Cranial Nerve I
16. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
sleep
Cranial Nerves
proximal image
17. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye
noncompetitive binding
hypothalamus
Cranial Nerve IV
tritanopia
18. 'little brain'
Lee-Boot effect
species- specific reactions
cerebellum
norepinephrine
19. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
amacrine cells
Cranial Nerve V
ethology
tectum
20. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.
consummatory stimulus
proximal image
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Thompson & Spencer
21. 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
subarachnoid space
basal forebrain
Farber et al. (1995)
subcortical structures
22. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses
tolerance
locus coeruleus
association areas; projection areas
tectum
23. Fluid filled cavities in the middle of the brain - linking to the spinal canal that runs down the middle of the spinal cord; this fluid is cerebrospinal fluid
ventricles
nucleotides
sleep
absolute refractory periods
24. Actually are two kinds: monochorionic and dichorionic (blastocyst splis into two before day 4)
basal ganglia
species- specific reactions
monozygotic twins
HPA Axis
25. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
ipsilateral
locus coeruleus
iris
non-REM sleep
26. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in
basal ganglia
contralateral
iris
pupil
27. In the CNS - is an amino acid that stabilizes neural activity
GABA
autonomic nervous system
menstrual cycle
ovaries/testes
28. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep
cerebellum
sleep paralysis
Mesocortical system
inferior colliculi
29. Receptors whose activation directly affects potassium or chloride ion channels in the neuron - (many drugs of abuse substitute for natural GABA- alcohol - benzos - barbituates
pupil
zygote
ionotropic receptors
homeostatic regulation
30. Is found in the frontal lobe (which is divided into the prefrontal lobes and ___ ___)
brainstem
motor cortex
basal forebrain
graded potentials
31. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
temporal lobes
spinal cord
graded potentials
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
32. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion
Cranial Nerve X
endorphin & enkephalin
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
spinal cord
33. These cells perform a variety of functions but do not transmit information; one type forms the myelin sheath
nucleotides
non-REM sleep
Glial cells
dirty medications; clean medications
34. Has a calcium-related role and produces the hormone parathyroid
relative refractory period
Cranial Nerve IV
anterior hypothalamus
parathyroid
35. Smooth electrical activity of 8-12 Hz -medium frequency - awake but in a restful state (^ eyes closed but conscious)
acetylcholine
gonad
fusiform face area
alpha activity
36. Controls sexual activity
osmoreceptors
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
umami
anterior hypothalamus
37. Moving forward
hair cells
anterograde
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
Glial cells
38. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration
pupil
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
sensitivity
indirect antagonists
39. 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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40. 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)
fusiform face area
midbrain
path of cerebrospinal fluid
septal rage
41. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level
Yerkes-Dodson Law
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
ultimate biological considerations
anterior hypothalamus
42. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
septum
Cranial Nerve VI
dopaminergic systems
ovaries/testes
43. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors
basal ganglia
ipsilateral
fornix
Whitten effect
44. Holds the lens in place
Cranial Nerve VIII
suspensory ligament
accommodation (bodily)
non-competitive binding
45. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
hippocampus
amygdala
REM rebound
cingulate gyrus
46. Binding of a drug to a receptor site that does not interfere with the binding site for the principal ligand
non-competitive binding
cerebrospinal fluid
sensitivity
amacrine cells
47. ...
law of specific nerve energies
stages of sleep
contralateral
reticulum
48. Produce drowsiness and sleepiness
lesions in the reticular activating system
Cranial Nerve X
scotopic vision
biological etiology of schizophrenia
49. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
subdural space
diploid
collateral sprouting
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
50. Regulates body temperature
subarachnoid space
hypothalamus
temporal summation
alpha activity