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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

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






2. Binding of drug to receptor site that doesn'T interfere with the principal ligand






3. 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






4. Moving forward






5. 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






6. Vision: protrusions on top of the midbrain; part of visual system






7. Suggests that dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses (Hobson & McCarley)






8. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia






9. 'covering'






10. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation






11. All have similar molecular structure - so many 'dirty' medications






12. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response






13. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser






14. 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






15. Acetylcholine - glutamate - gamma-aminobutyric acid - dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine - endorphin






16. Are found in the diencephalon






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






18. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)






19. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration






20. Controls sexual activity






21. Adenine - Guanine - Thymine - Cytosine






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






23. 'Roof'






24. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum






25. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors






26. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults






27. Midbrain - medulla and the pons






28. 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






29. Hormones that reduce pain






30. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity






31. Vagus Nerve - heart rate and digestion






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






33. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)






34. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs






35. Is a loss of dopamine cells in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia; these cells are usually dark (nigra) but in Parkinson'S - the substantia nigra appears white due to cell death

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36. The maintenance of water balance in the body






37. 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






38. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV






39. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO






40. Causes mesolimbic dopamine hyperactivity; etiology of schizophrenia






41. Completely disactivates the prefrontal cortex (PFC); due to high levels of norepinephrine (NE)






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






43. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region






44. Associated with defensive and aggressive behavior; lesions produce docility and hypersexual states (Kluver & Bucy)






45. Damage to this are causes clumsiness and loss of balance






46. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior






47. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation






48. 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






49. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages






50. Optic Nerve - sight