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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Cells that integrate information across the retina; rather than sending signals toward the brain - amacrine cells link bipolar cells to other bipolar cells and ganglion cells to other ganglion cells
subarachnoid space
autolytic
lens
amacrine cells
2. 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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3. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
homeostatic regulation
Cranial Nerves
direct antagonist
Vomeronasal Organ
4. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes
cataplexy
delta activity
tolerance
monoamines
5. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
aqueous humor
path of cerebrospinal fluid
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
fornix
6. The synchronization of the menstrual or estrous cycles of a group of females - which occurs only in the presence of a pheromone in a male'S urine
noncompetitive binding
aphasia
Vomeronasal Organ
Whitten effect
7. Projects to ventral tegmental area
the 7 major neurotransmitters
L-Dopa
sleep paralysis
prefrontal cortex
8. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
reaction time
H.M
lipid soluble drugs/medications
9. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
non-competitive binding
absolute refractory periods
agonist
amygdala
10. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
Mesolimbic System
path of cerebrospinal fluid
hippocampus
Thompson & Spencer
11. Trochlear Nerve - moves eye
prefrontal cortex
Cranial Nerve IV
mesencephalon
ionotropic receptors
12. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
proximal image
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
the 7 major neurotransmitters
13. Some brain communications are with the same side of the body
ipsilateral
HPA Axis
Ketamine
vitreous humor
14. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
aqueous humor
Cranial Nerve XII
antagonist
delta activity
15. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow
Cranial Nerve IX
menstrual cycle
umami
endocrine system
16. 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
cingulate gyrus
endorphin
behavioral regulation
Farber et al. (1995)
17. Located underneath the cerebral cortex and includes the bottom portion of the forebrain - cerebellum - basal ganglia - medulla - pons - midbrain - thalamus - hypothalamus - amygdala - hippocampus
non-competitive bonding
amygdala
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
subcortical structures
18. Important to motor system
sensitivity
progesterone
red nucleus + substantia nigra
autonomic nervous system
19. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
hypothalamus
hindbrain
monoamines
tegmentum
20. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
stages of sleep
hindbrain
fornix
21. 'covering'
synthesis-activation hypothesis
endocrine system
osmoregulation
tegmentum
22. Includes the tectum and tegmentum
reciprocal innervation
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
mesencephalon
fusiform face area
23. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
red nucleus + substantia nigra
basic rest-activity cycle
hippocampus
24. Holds the lens in place
suspensory ligament
association areas; projection areas
indirect antagonists
cerebellum
25. SCN = controls circadian rhythms - located directly above the optic chasm in the anterior portion of the hypothalamus - receives input from the eyes which is why light exposure affects our sleep-wake cycles
aqueous humor
temporal lobes
diploid
suprachiasmatic nucleus
26. Made from within - natural
endogenous
zygote
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
ionotropic receptors
27. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
Cranial Nerve XI
synthesis-activation hypothesis
umami
Cranial Nerve XII
28. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex
diploid
beta activity
occipital lobes
endorphin & enkephalin
29. 'Roof'
tectum
the adrenal medulla
medulla & pons
cataplexy
30. Transparent substance between lens and retina
anterior hypothalamus
alpha activity
diploid
vitreous humor
31. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
thalamus
aphasia
tegmentum
endogenous
32. Measure changes in the electrical resistance of the skin (sweat gland activity)
galvanic skin response (GSR)
direct antagonist
autolytic
corpus callosum
33. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration
association area
norepinephrine
tolerance
law of specific nerve energies
34. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
subarachnoid space
corpus callosum
35. Regulates body temperature
hypothalamus
aqueous humor
lens
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
36. A peptide - also known as OREXIN - produced by neurons whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus; their destruction causes narcolepsy
hypocretin
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
slow-wave sleep
fusiform face area
37. 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
Vandenbergh effect
tectum
acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)
diploid
38. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
antimanics
inferior colliculi
bregma
subdural space
39. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease
hypothalamus + thalamus
L-Dopa
hippocampus
norepinephrine
40. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus
consummatory stimulus
Frontal lobe
projection area
galvanic skin response (GSR)
41. Moving forward
affinity
Cranial Nerves
anterograde
Bem'S Androgyny studies
42. If a synapse is active at about the same time that a postsynaptic neuron is active - that synapse will be strengthened
midbrain
projection area
lens
Hebb rule
43. Is an oversensitivity to dopamine (D2)
non-REM sleep
lens
biological etiology of schizophrenia
vitreous humor
44. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
substantia nigra
diencephalon
non-competitive bonding
subdural space
45. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
sleep
parietal lobes
accommodation (bodily)
46. 1. Stage I (non-REM sleep) 2. Stage II (non-REM sleep 3. Stage III (non-REM sleep - slow-wave sleep) 4. Stage IV (non-REM sleep - slow-wave sleep) 5. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM sleep) ~takes about 90 minutes for one full sleep cycle
suspensory ligament
tyrosine
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
stages of sleep
47. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell
tyrosine
Glial cells
spatial summation
tolerance
48. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
HPA Axis
mammillary bodies
homeostasis
49. Optic Nerve - sight
subcortical structures
hippocampus
brainstem
Cranial Nerve II
50. 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
tritanopia
basal forebrain
Cranial Nerve II
Vandenbergh effect