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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology
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1. hormone - secreted by the pituitary gland -signals the adrenal gland to secrete corticosteroid hormones -ACTH is a critical component of the HPA Axis that controls the stress response
norepinephrine
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
sensorimotor cortex
sign stimulus
2. Having two copies of each chromosomes in most cells (except the gametes) - e.g. most mammals
monoamine neurotransmitters
diploid
sexual dimorphic behavior
effects of repeated administration
3. 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
Cranial Nerve VIII
amacrine cells
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
nigrostriatal system
4. Ventral part of midbrain - includes periaqueductal gray matter - reticular formation - red nucleus - and substantia nigra
tegmentum
Coolidge effect
Cranial Nerve IV
Hebb rule
5. Made from within - natural
endogenous
Vomeronasal Organ
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
collateral sprouting
6. 'little brain'
REM sleep
cerebellum
endorphin
pituitary gland
7. 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
Cranial Nerve V
Vandenbergh effect
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
myelin sheath
8. Found in the ventricles and spinal canal
reticulum
REM rebound
proximate biological considerations
cerebrospinal fluid
9. Is found in the interior rostral temporal lobe - part of limbic system
cataplexy
amygdala
superior colliculi
projection areas
10. Is generated by photoreceptors that are only sensitive to degrees of brightness; black-and-white vision found in the rods
diploid
scotopic vision
consummatory stimulus
Coolidge effect
11. Readiness with which molecules/drugs/medications join together; varies widely from medication to medication
spinal cord
affinity
the adrenal medulla
reciprocal innervation
12. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements
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13. 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
L-Dopa
pituitary gland
ionotropic receptors
lens
14. Occurs when an external stimulation - regardless of intensity - will not trigger a new action potential
biological foundations
trichromatic levels of color vision
absolute refractory periods
sleep spindles
15. Projects to ventral tegmental area
cerebrospinal fluid
non-REM sleep
meninges
prefrontal cortex
16. Is a receptor blocker; binds with a receptor but does not activate it - actually prevents the natural ligand from binding with the receptor
autonomic nervous system
direct antagonist
dopaminergic systems
Korsakoff'S amnesia
17. Are postsynaptic potentials that are found in the dendrites and vary in their intensity
graded potentials
pituitary gland
non-REM sleep
accommodation (bodily)
18. Consummatory stimulus
Cranial Nerve VIII
consummatory stimulus
hypothalamus
Bruce effect
19. Sign
sign stimulus
hypnagogic activity
non-REM sleep
adrenal cortex
20. Cumulative effects of repeated stimulation from a presynaptic neuron
prefrontal cortex
tyrosine
midbrain
temporal summation
21. Referred to as the satiety center; lesions lead to obesity and hyperphagia
ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
prefrontal cortex
relative refractory period
efferent neurons
22. Suggests that dreams are nothing more than the product of random electrical impulses (Hobson & McCarley)
hypocretin
basal forebrain
Cranial Nerve V
synthesis-activation hypothesis
23. Junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull; often used as a reference point for stereotaxic brain surgery
bregma
medulla & pons
anterograde
collateral sprouting
24. There are 12 add more
Cranial Nerve V
efferent neurons
parietal lobes
Cranial Nerves
25. Hormones that reduce pain
spinal cord
behavioral regulation
endorphin & enkephalin
Lee-Boot effect
26. Hypoglossal Nerve - moves the tongue
osmoreceptors
subarachnoid space
Cranial Nerve XII
mesencephalon
27. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in the nucleus accumbens - amygdala and hippocampus
absolute refractory periods
neuropeptide Y (NPY)
monozygotic twins
Mesolimbic System
28. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the ventral tegmental area and ending in prefrontal cortex
Cranial Nerve VIII
L-Dopa
Mesocortical system
cerebellum
29. Includes the tectum and tegmentum
phenotype
non-competitive binding
locus coeruleus
mesencephalon
30. Optic Nerve - sight
trichromatic levels of color vision
ultimate biological considerations
Cranial Nerve II
brainstem
31. Are found in the diencephalon
extirpation
hypothalamus + thalamus
ultimate biological considerations
ethology
32. Trigerminal Nerve - face sensation
Cranial Nerve V
aphasia
extirpation
a decrease in neuropeptide Y
33. Stimulates bone growth and produces the hormones: somatotropin - prolactin - thyroid-stimulating - adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) - follicle-stimulating - luteinnizing
REM sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
projection fiber
sensorimotor cortex
pituitary gland
34. Those biological considerations which are DISTANT; Evolutionary Psychology - Comparative Psychology - Ethology
ultimate biological considerations
monozygotic twins
ventricles
menstrual cycle
35. Is found between the arachnoid mater and Pia mater; this is where CSF cushions (and bathes) the brain - giving it the floating quality (and keeping it moist/circulating)
temporal lobes
beta activity
prefrontal cortex
subarachnoid space
36. One of the primary noradrenergic nuclei whose ascending axons project to frontal cortex - thalamus - hypothalamus - limbic system
locus coeruleus
emotional disclosure + immune functioning
cerebral cortex
reticular formation
37. Symptom of narcolepsy - paralysis occurring just before a person falls alseep
antimanics
effects of repeated administration
hair cells
sleep paralysis
38. These cells perform a variety of functions but do not transmit information; one type forms the myelin sheath
theta activity
gonad
Glial cells
fusiform face area
39. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)
indirect antagonists
iris
pineal gland
ultimate biological considerations
40. Caudate nucleus and putamen
substantia nigra
neostriatum
melatonin
Hobson & McCarley
41. Includes comparative (evolution/genetics/animal behavior/ethology) and behavioral regulation
biological foundations
parathyroid
ionotropic receptors
Cranial Nerve VI
42. Irregular electrical activity of 13-30 Hz - state of arousal - attentive
beta activity
symptoms of Parkinson'S Disease
delta activity
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
43. An ovary or teste
path of lightwaves entering eye
superior colliculi
gonad
fornix
44. Neurotransmitter in CNS - hormone in peripheral vascular system; deficiencies > depression - ADD; noradrenergic nuclei = locus coeruleus
osmoregulation
sleep paralysis
norepinephrine
Cranial Nerve VII
45. Comprised of the hypothalamus - pituitary gland - thyroid gland - parathyroid - the adrenal cortex - the adrenal medulla - the pancreas - the ovaries/testes - pineal gland.
endocrine system
noncompetitive binding
the adrenal medulla
diencephalon
46. Causes mesolimbic dopamine hyperactivity; etiology of schizophrenia
effects of repeated administration
prefrontal hypoactivity
the ___ refractory period follows the ____ refractory period
Cranial Nerve XI
47. Receive incoming sensory information or send out motor impulse commands
projection areas
mesencephalon
temporal lobes
proximal image
48. 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
corpus callosum
basal ganglia
basal forebrain
umami
49. Begins where spinal cord ends - 3 structures: the medulla - the pons - the cerebellum
projection fiber
hindbrain
Mesocortical system
occipital lobes
50. A behavior that has different forms or occurs with different probabilities or under different circumstances in males than females
medial nucleus of the amygdala
sexual dimorphic behavior
Cranial Nerves
supernormal stimulus