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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. Is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in vertebrates; these receptors are ionotropic
midbrain
cingulate gyrus
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
autolytic
2. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
tegmentum
amacrine cells
beta activity
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
3. Is characteristic of indirect antagonists
an increase in alpha-1 receptors
zygote
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
non-competitive bonding
4. Research indicates that the expressing of negative emotions is associated with increased immune function; inhibiting negative emotions with decreasing immune function
Frontal lobe
hypocretin
Lee-Boot effect
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
5. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
myelin sheath
homeostatic regulation
spatial summation
direct antagonist
6. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis -controls stress response
HPA Axis
noncompetitive binding
anterograde
glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
7. Is found between the dura mater and arachnoid mater meninges
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
noncompetitive binding
subcortical structures
subdural space
8. Has a major role in metabolism - stimulation/maintenance - produces the hormones thyroxin and calcitonin
lateral hypothalamus (LH)
thyroid
amacrine cells
cerebral cortex
9. Found in the hypothalamus - function to maintain the water balance in the body
projection areas
cataplexy
osmoreceptors
temporal summation
10. Attaches to a binding site on receptor and interferes with the action of the receptor without affecting the binding site for the principal ligand (noncompetitive binding)
indirect antagonists
nucleotides
sign stimulus
Thompson & Spencer
11. A sensory organ that detects the presence of certain chemicals - especially when a liquid is actively sniffed; mediates the effects of some pheromones
prefrontal hypoactivity
Vomeronasal Organ
hindbrain
galvanic skin response (GSR)
12. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)
Cranial Nerve IX
noncompetitive binding
ovaries/testes
monoamines
13. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
amygdala
Cranial Nerve VI
lipid soluble drugs/medications
antagonist
14. Is increased in its production by training/experience and therefore - associated with memory
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
midbrain
theta activity
lesions in the reticular activating system
15. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology
dirty medications; clean medications
behavioral regulation
hippocampus
ultimate biological considerations
16. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration
path of lightwaves entering eye
anterior hypothalamus
ethology
tolerance
17. Reduces anxiety - released with NE in amygdala - hippocampus - basal ganglia - periaqueductal gray region - locus coeruleus and PFS; NPY is diminished in persons with PTSD/CPTSD and those exposed to chronic stress
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
anterior hypothalamus
cerebellum
iris
18. A drug that opposes/inhibits the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
sign stimulus
antagonist
graded potentials
19. Olfactory Nerve - smell
Vomeronasal Organ
Cranial Nerve I
ipsilateral
basal forebrain
20. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)
phenotype
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
medulla & pons
meninges
21. Abducens Nerve - moves eye
diploid
Cranial Nerve VI
path of cerebrospinal fluid
noncompetitive binding
22. Regulates body temperature
hypothalamus
indirect antagonists
Hobson & McCarley
biological etiology of Parkinson'S Disease
23. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)
consummatory stimulus
thalamus
proximal image
tectum
24. Two different presynaptic neurons/inputs to a post-synaptic cell
spatial summation
supernormal stimulus
Mesolimbic System
temporal lobes
25. Contains delta activity - stages III and IV
tritanopia
tegmentum
slow-wave sleep
menstrual cycle
26. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)
Ketamine
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
zygosity
tyrosine
27. A steroid hormone produced by the ovary that maintains the endometrial lining of the uterus during the later part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy; along with estradiol it promotes receptivity in female mammals with estrous cycles
nigrostriatal system
amygdala
effects of repeated administration
progesterone
28. 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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29. Located in the forebrain - basal ganglia -> movement -speech and other complex behaviors
sign stimulus
non-competitive bonding
basal ganglia
tegmentum
30. Audition: protrusions on top of midbrain; part of auditory system
the 7 major neurotransmitters
hair cells
noncompetitive binding
inferior colliculi
31. Produce drowsiness and sleepiness
indirect antagonists
anterograde
L-Dopa
lesions in the reticular activating system
32. Self-dissolving
diencephalon
receptive field
autolytic
serotonin (5-HT) (neurotransmitter)
33. Portion of a sensory field to which a cell responds
Glial cells
Bruce effect
receptive field
projection fiber
34. Hormone secreted during the night by the pineal body; role in circadian and seasonal rhythms
melatonin
Farber et al. (1995)
spinal cord
suprachiasmatic nucleus
35. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum
hypothalamus
phenotype
nigrostriatal system
delta activity
36. 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
inferior colliculi
Vandenbergh effect
homeostatic regulation
Cranial Nerve VI
37. Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-impulse commands
hypnagogic activity
Bruce effect
projection area
parathyroid
38. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
hypothalamus
inferior colliculi
hindbrain
thalamus
39. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin
ovaries/testes
efferent neurons
alpha activity
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
40. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus
absolute refractory periods
norepinephrine
noncompetitive binding
tardive dyskinesia
41. Phantom limb pain - hypnotic induction and the success rate of placebo treatments
indications of psychological-physiological interaction in pain
septal rage
myelin sheath
Cranial Nerve VII
42. Controls sexual activity; lesions inhibit sexual behavior; stimulation increases aggressive sexual behavior
pheromone
anterior hypothalamus
tegmentum
Korsakoff'S amnesia
43. Also known as ABLATION - is any surgically induced brain lesion
Bruce effect
Cranial Nerve VIII
extirpation
Coolidge effect
44. 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
antimanics
Hebb rule
Cranial Nerve II
lens
45. Is characteristic of indirect antagonist drugs
noncompetitive binding
norepinephrine
reaction time
relative refractory period
46. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
anterior hypothalamus
Mesolimbic System
the 4 effects of pheromones on reproductive cycles
sensitivity
47. Mechanism whereby neurons make connections to new areas to change their connectivity
association areas; projection areas
cutaneous senses
cingulate gyrus
collateral sprouting
48. Transparent substance between lens and retina
brainstem
vitreous humor
Vandenbergh effect
antimanics
49. 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
midbrain
hypothalamus
monoamines
Farber et al. (1995)
50. 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)
cataplexy
alpha activity
fusiform face area
tectum