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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Relays nerve impulses - processes sensory impulses - reflex behavior and contains nerve cell bodies






2. If head is rotated - eye movements occur in the same direction






3. Viscous substance between cornea and lens; transparent substance between lens and retina






4. Sleepwalking - sleep talking






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






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






7. The scientific study of animal behavior; documentation of species-specific instinctual behaviors






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






9. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron






10. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation






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






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






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






14. Cornea - aqueous humor - pupil - lens - vitreous humor - retina






15. Sign






16. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing






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






18. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep






19. Fluid filled cavities in the middle of the brain - linking to the spinal canal that runs down the middle of the spinal cord; this fluid is cerebrospinal fluid






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






21. Made from within - natural






22. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra






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






24. The maintenance of water balance in the body






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






26. The female reproductive cycle of mammals other than primates






27. 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






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






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






30. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal






31. Consummatory stimulus






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






33. A region of the visual association cortex located in the extrastriate cortex at the base of the brain that has special face-recognizing circuits (more important in right hemisphere)






34. One of the primary noradrenergic nuclei whose ascending axons project to frontal cortex - thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system






35. The midbrain; a region that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct; includes tectum and the tegmentum






36. 'little net'






37. Accessory Nerve - moves the head






38. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus






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






40. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions






41. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms






42. 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






43. Oculomotor Nerve - moves eye pupil






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






45. States that performance is worst at extremely low or extremely high levels of arousal and optimally at an intermediate level






46. Expression of traits






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






48. When a neuron reaches its excitation threshold - the neuron will produce an action potential of FIXED amplitude regardless of the magnitude of the stimulation






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






50. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei