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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation






2. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior






3. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum






4. Self-dissolving






5. Is everything anterior to the central sulcus






6. Strip of limbic cortex lying along the lateral walls of the groove separating the cerebral hemispheres - just above the corpus callosum






7. Is found in PTSD/CPTSD patients and persons exposed to chronic stress






8. Is used to treat Parkinson'S Disease






9. Hormones that reduce pain






10. Involved in the effects of odors/pheromones in reproductive behavior - a nucleus that receives olfactory information from the olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb






11. These two developed the criteria for habituation; basic process is a form of synaptic depression that occurs presyntaptically.






12. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements

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13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates






19. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz






20. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier






21. An ovary or teste






22. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)






23. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)






24. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation






25. Controls sexual activity






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






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






28. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)






29. The slowing and eventual cessation of estrous cycles in groups of female animals that are housed together; caused by a pheromone in the animals urine and first observed in mice






30. Combines input from diverse brain regions; receives sensory information/sends motor impulses






31. Occurs during the deepest stages of slow-wave sleep; regular - synchronous electrical activity of less than 4 Hz






32. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina






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






34. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions






35. Automatic and rapidly acquired reactions - not attributable to reinforcement or conditioning






36. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges






37. Symptom of narcolepsy; complete paralysis that occurs while AWAKE/conscious; will suddenly fall to floor paralyzed for a few minutes






38. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication






39. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists






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






42. Has neurons for reflexes






43. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra






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






45. Supernormal






46. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion






47. Caudate nucleus and putamen






48. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones






49. 'Roof'






50. Optic Nerve - sight