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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Occurs for body temperature - blood glucose levels - blood concentration - etc -hormones are important
homeostatic regulation
affinity
relative refractory period
supernormal stimulus
2. Pass the easiest through the blood-brain barrier
retinal ganglion cells
effects of repeated administration
lipid soluble drugs/medications
Cranial Nerves
3. Lens changes initiated by the ciliary muscles to change the shape of the lens in order to focus image on the retina
thalamus
accommodation (bodily)
path of lightwaves entering eye
Bem'S Androgyny studies
4. Facial Nerve - moves face and salivates
Cranial Nerve VII
cerebellum
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
graded potentials
5. Means 'Savory' in Japanese and is a taste receptor found on the tongue; activated by glutamate present in meats - cheese and other protein heavy foods
relative refractory period
umami
aphasia
cerebellum
6. Consummatory stimuli - sign stimuli - supernormal stimuli - releaser
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
prefrontal cortex
endorphin
triggers of behavior
7. Sits just above the hindbrain - contains cranial nerves - parts of the reticular formation -important relay stations for sensory information and the substantia nigra
midbrain
hypothalamus
diencephalon
tegmentum
8. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery
hippocampus
subcortical structures
bregma
suprachiasmatic nucleus
9. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
non-competitive bonding
monoamines
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
extirpation
10. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect
medial nucleus of the amygdala
cerebellum
indirect antagonists
dirty medications; clean medications
11. Regulates body temperature
sensorimotor cortex
hypothalamus
proximal image
association area
12. Termination of pregnancy by the odor of a pheromone in the urine of a male other than the one that impregnated the female; first observed in mice
Bruce effect
direct antagonist
sensitivity
hypothalamus
13. Extensive research in dreams - said BAH to Freud; proposed the activation-synthesis hypothesis (dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses)
Lee-Boot effect
dopaminergic systems
Hobson & McCarley
association area
14. An inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused (blue cone dysfunction); see world in green and red
pupil
parietal lobes
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
tritanopia
15. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
projection fiber
inferior colliculi
Cranial Nerve II
trichromatic levels of color vision
16. Occurs under drug-induced conditions - including excessive use of marijuana; high body temperature - autonomic instability and muscle rigidity
spinal cord
mesencephalon
thyroid
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
17. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
pupil
subarachnoid space
thalamus
nystagmus
18. Smooth electrical activity of 8-12 Hz -medium frequency - awake but in a restful state (^ eyes closed but conscious)
alpha activity
accommodation (bodily)
neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
prefrontal hypoactivity
19. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
homeostasis
consummatory stimulus
pineal gland
Mesocortical system
20. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
occipital lobes
graded potentials
ethology
pituitary gland
21. A BEHAVIOR; insistent urge of sleepiness forces us to seek sleep/a bad
mesencephalon
pheromone
indirect antagonists
sleep
22. Include the Nigrostriatal system - Mesolimbic system and Mesocortical system
monoamines
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
ultimate biological considerations
dopaminergic systems
23. 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
amacrine cells
neostriatum
endorphin & enkephalin
the 3 major pathways of dopamine in the brain
24. Is regulated by the hypothalamus
amacrine cells
indirect antagonists
homeostasis
spinal cord
25. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
dopaminergic systems
Mesolimbic System
basal forebrain
septum
26. Most pervasive excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
reaction time
sleep
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
ventricles
27. Eating - sex - aggression - sleep - focus on subcortical and neuroendocrine control of behavior
tritanopia
midbrain
consummatory stimulus
behavioral regulation
28. Focuses light waves on the retina and is held in place by the suspensory ligament; aqueous humor on cornea side; vitreous humor on retina side
hypothalamus
lens
motor cortex
equipotentiality
29. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)
sleep
zygosity
antagonist
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
30. 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
agonist
projection fiber
basal forebrain
sensorimotor cortex
31. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
Frontal lobe
ionotropic receptors
stages of sleep
corpus callosum
32. Auditory receptor cells in the cochlea that turn sound vibrations -> neural impulses
hair cells
locus coeruleus
cerebrospinal fluid
cataplexy
33. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
homeostatic regulation
reticulum
pituitary gland
proximate biological considerations
34. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
motor cortex
anterograde
antagonist
All-or-None Law
35. 'little brain'
sensorimotor cortex
umami
zygosity
cerebellum
36. Hormones that reduce pain
endorphin & enkephalin
pupil
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
37. These cells perform a variety of functions but do not transmit information; one type forms the myelin sheath
Glial cells
temporal lobes
glutamate (neurotransmitter)
projection areas
38. Activates one of 5 types of receptors in the CNS - cognition - motor activity - reward - muscle tone - sleep - mood - attention - learning -higher level effects of dopamine = D2
indirect antagonists
reciprocal innervation
septum
dopamine (neurotransmitter)
39. An axon of a neuron in one region of the brain whose terminals form synapses with neurons in another region
hypocretin
projection fiber
reticulum
endorphin & enkephalin
40. ...
hypothalamus
anterograde
law of specific nerve energies
behavioral regulation
41. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)
temporal summation
law of specific nerve energies
cerebral cortex
amygdala
42. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
non-competitive binding
reticular formation
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
endocrine system
43. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)
pineal gland
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
hypothalamus
occipital lobes
44. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum
Coolidge effect
nigrostriatal system
tectum
basal forebrain
45. Serotonin = 5-HT -regulation of mood - anxiety - aggression - sleep - appetite - sexuality -rostral and caudal raphe nuclei
endogenous
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
hypothalamus
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
46. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication
affinity
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
diploid
relative refractory period
47. 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)
48. Follow Hering'S Opponent Process of color vision - and only have two types: red-green and yellow-blue; other levels of color vision are tri-chromatic
retinal ganglion cells
anterior hypothalamus
Bem'S Androgyny studies
beta activity
49. Accessory Nerve - moves the head
galvanic skin response (GSR)
septum
Cranial Nerve XI
hypothalamus
50. Contains receptors to detect when the body needs food or fluids; the hunger center; lesions lead to aphagia
agonist
anterograde
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
umami