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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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1. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye






2. A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior or physiology of another animal; usually smelled or tasted






3. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.






4. Controls sexual activity






5. Instead of one continuum for sex (masculine-feminine) - her work in the presence of both masculine and feminine features/development suggests these are actually two separate continuums (defeminized-feminized and unmasculinized-masculinized)

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6. A peptide - also known as OREXIN - produced by neurons whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus; their destruction causes narcolepsy






7. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor






8. A steroid hormone produced by the ovary that maintains the endometrial lining of the uterus during the later part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy; along with estradiol it promotes receptivity in female mammals with estrous cycles






9. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery






10. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal






11. Maintains balance/posture and coordinates body movements






12. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)






13. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)






14. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia






15. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)






16. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect






17. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus






18. Is a peptide neurotransmitter and a natural painkiller and antianxiety






19. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad






20. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity






21. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages






22. Those biological considerations which are IMMEDIATE;Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience (i.e. how the nervous and endocrine systems influence behaviors/thoughts)






23. Can occur after long term antipsychotic tx (opposite of Parkinson'S?); oversensitivity to dopamine






24. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic






25. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin






26. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology






27. 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






28. 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






29. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive






30. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex






31. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)






32. 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)






33. EEG desynchrony (rapid -irregular waves) - lack of muscle tonus - rapid eye movements - penile erection/vaginal secretion - dreams; EEG synchrony (slow waves) - moderate muscle tonus - slow/absent eye movements - lack of genital activity






34. Functions in metabolism (carbohydrate - protein - lipid) and in the endocrine system'S salt/water balance - produces the hormones cortisol and aldosterone






35. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






36. Somewhat excitatory - also involved in synaptic plasticity - learning and short-term memory






37. The restorative effect of introducing a new female sex partner to a male that has apparently become 'exhausted' by sexual activity






38. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior






39. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity






40. 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






41. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)






42. 'little brain'






43. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function






44. These two brain structures contain entry/exits for most of the cranial nerves and control vital functions (heart rate -digestion - respiration)






45. Expression of traits






46. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments






47. Vestibulocochlear Nerve - hearing and balance






48. 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)






49. A 90-minute activity cycle occurs throughout the day as well as throughout sleep (in humans) waxing and waning alertness controlled by a biological clock in the caudal brainstem that also controls cycles of REM and slow-wave sleep






50. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation