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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Optic Nerve - sight
diencephalon
path of cerebrospinal fluid
Cranial Nerve II
non-competitive binding
2. The visual image of the world on the retina
occipital lobes
proximal image
hindbrain
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
3. Choroid Plexus > Ventricle 1 & 2 > Foramen of Monro > Ventricle 3 > Aqueduct of Sylvius > Ventricle 4 > Foramen of Magendie lateral aperture) > Foramina of Luschka (lateral aperture) - subarachnoid space (outside of brain) and spinal cord > re-absorp
phenotype
aphasia
proximate biological considerations
path of cerebrospinal fluid
4. Include tolerance (possible withdrawal) and sensitivity
theta activity
effects of repeated administration
suspensory ligament
pineal gland
5. Olfactory Nerve - smell
relative refractory period
neostriatum
Cranial Nerve I
supernormal stimulus
6. Suggests that dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses (Hobson & McCarley)
synthesis-activation hypothesis
anterior hypothalamus
lens
law of specific nerve energies
7. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions
iris
association area
thyroid
ionotropic receptors
8. Part of limbic system; protrusion of the bottom of the brain at the posterior end of the hypothalamus - contains some hypothalamic nuclei
sleep attack
phenotype
ultimate biological considerations
mammillary bodies
9. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
tritanopia
monoamines
hindbrain
hypocretin
10. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
efferent neurons
slow-wave sleep
endogenous
projection area
11. Physiologically different from the other four stages of sleep (i.e. the similarity between the summed electrical activity of neurons measured on the scalp (EEG) during REM sleep and during wakefulness
agonist
REM sleep
polysomnograms
Cranial Nerves
12. Hypoglossal Nerve - moves the tongue
relative refractory period
Cranial Nerve XII
autolytic
sleep
13. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin
homeostatic regulation
stages of sleep
zygote
thyroid
14. 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
fornix
norepinephrine
basic rest-activity cycle
Mesolimbic System
15. 'little brain'
extirpation
Ketamine
cerebellum
path of cerebrospinal fluid
16. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females
amygdala
sexual dimorphic behavior
spinal cord
efferent neurons
17. The Lee-Boot effect - Whitten effect - Vandenbergh effect - and the Bruce effect; all mediated by the VNO
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
prefrontal hypoactivity
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
indirect antagonists
18. A patient who had intact intelligence but an inability to learn/remember anything new (severe anterograde amnesia)
thyroid
H.M
septal rage
phenotype
19. Controls sexual activity
osmoregulation
pituitary gland
endorphin
anterior hypothalamus
20. Occur in amacrine - bipolar and horizontal cells; govern/encompass the opponent-process level of color vision
nigrostriatal system
reaction time
trichromatic levels of color vision
nucleotides
21. Having two copies of each chromosomes in most cells (except the gametes) - e.g. most mammals
Coolidge effect
hair cells
diploid
gonad
22. Convoluted of hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) divided into two hemispheres (left and right) which are further divided into four lobes (occipital - parietal - temporal and frontal)
pineal gland
cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
triggers of behavior
23. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
superior colliculi
zygosity
proximate biological considerations
projection fiber
24. Lesions to this brain structure that is crucial to memory will produce anterograde amnesia
hippocampus
occipital lobes
ventricles
delta activity
25. 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
thalamus
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
Lee-Boot effect
26. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
inferior colliculi
graded potentials
consummatory stimulus
27. Is found at the base of the brain - underneath the thalamus (**remember hypo-below)
homeostatic regulation
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
dirty medications; clean medications
hypothalamus
28. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
amacrine cells
motor cortex
receptive field
29. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
slow-wave sleep
efferent neurons
phenotype
anterograde
30. Result in either tolerance (and possible withdrawal symptoms) or sensitization (increase effectiveness of the drug)
progesterone
effects of repeated administration
subarachnoid space
collateral sprouting
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)
Hobson & McCarley
hindbrain
projection areas
Vandenbergh effect
32. 'covering'
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
tegmentum
biological etiology of schizophrenia
substantia nigra
33. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina
aqueous humor; vitreous humor
locus coeruleus
reciprocal innervation
monoamines
34. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
red nucleus + substantia nigra
theta activity
thalamus
effects of repeated administration
35. Auditory receptor cells in the cochlea that turn sound vibrations -> neural impulses
receptor blockers
hair cells
prefrontal cortex
Cranial Nerve II
36. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body
suprachiasmatic nucleus
myelin sheath
osmoreceptors
beta activity
37. The increase in REM sleep seen after a period of REM sleep deprivation
sensitivity
hypocretin
REM rebound
tritanopia
38. A peptide - also known as OREXIN - produced by neurons whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus; their destruction causes narcolepsy
diencephalon
hypocretin
pheromone
antagonist
39. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
hypothalamus + thalamus
tegmentum
Farber et al. (1995)
anterior hypothalamus
40. Is regulated by the hypothalamus
ethology
homeostasis
path of cerebrospinal fluid
mesencephalon
41. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
mesencephalon
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
42. Glandular system control center - produces the hormones oxytocin and antidiuretic; functions in both the nervous system and endocrine sytem - In the forebrain - regulates motivated behaviors (eating - drinking - aggression - sexual behavior
melatonin
non-competitive binding
hypothalamus
anterior hypothalamus
43. Associated with (spoken) language reception/comprehension - memory processing - and emotional control; contains Wernicke'S area and the auditory cortex
temporal lobes
iris
Cranial Nerve IX
monoamine neurotransmitters
44. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
neostriatum
association area
proximal image
Cranial Nerve V
45. In the limbic system - is a fiber bundle - connects hippocampus with stuff (including the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus)
synthesis-activation hypothesis
agonist
fornix
projection fiber
46. A large network of neural tissue located in the central region of the brain stem - from the medulla to the diencephalon
endocrine system
galvanic skin response (GSR)
reticular formation
mammillary bodies
47. Part of a glial cell that wraps around the axon of a neuron - providing insulation that facilitates speed of propagation of action potential
myelin sheath
norepinephrine
Hebb rule
umami
48. Supernormal
osmoreceptors
zygote
bregma
supernormal stimulus
49. Made from within - natural
estrous cycle
endogenous
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
inferior colliculi
50. Synchronized EEG activity during its deeper stages
suprachiasmatic nucleus
non-REM sleep
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
diploid