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Gre Psychology: Experimental/natural Science Biology

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Supernormal






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






3. Forebrain -band of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres






4. 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






5. 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)






6. An area that combines input from diverse brain regions






7. Includes the tectum and tegmentum






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






9. In the tegmentum (ventral part of midbrain); its neurons connect to caudate nucleus + putamen (in basal ganglia)






10. Affect sex characteristics/development and produce estrogen/progesterone (in females - ovaries) and testosterone (in male - testes)






11. Occurs intermittently during early stages of slow-wave sleep and REM sleep 3.5-7.5 Hz






12. EEG desynchrony (rapid -irregular waves) - lack of muscle tonus - rapid eye movements - penile erection/vaginal secretion - dreams; EEG synchrony (slow waves) - moderate muscle tonus - slow/absent eye movements - lack of genital activity






13. Tremors - rigidity of limbs - poor balance and difficulty initiating movements

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14. Occurs at the onset of puberty; a hypothalamic hormone that stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropin






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






16. 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






17. Affect multiple receptors; highly preferential to which type of receptor they affect






18. Precursor to GABA (the most inhibitory/regulatory/pervasive neurotransmitter)






19. Most brain communications are with the opposite side of the body






20. 'little net'






21. Norepinephrine and serotonin






22. Sleep tests (i.e. to diagnosis sleep apnea)






23. Is a loss of dopamine cells in the substantia nigra of the basal ganglia; these cells are usually dark (nigra) but in Parkinson'S - the substantia nigra appears white due to cell death

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24. Bunch of dopaminergic neurons starting in the substantia nigra and ending in the neostriatum






25. Referred to as the satiety center; lesions lead to obesity and hyperphagia






26. 3 layers of tissues that cover and protect CNS; dura mater (outermost layer) - arachnoid mater (middle layer) - Pia mater (innermost layer)






27. A drug that facilitates the effects of a particular neurotransmitter on the postsynaptic cell






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






29. 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






30. Is used as an anaesthetic for children and animals but causes psychosis in adults






31. Decreasing effects of a medication due to repeated administration






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






33. Emotional perception and expression (particularly fearful emotions and detection of threat)






34. Glossopharyngeal Nerve - taste swallow






35. Motor neurons found in the Somatic (voluntary) and Autonomic (involuntary) Nervous Systems






36. AKA the striate cortex - located at the back of the brain - and contains the visual cortex






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






38. Controls circadian rhythms - produces melatonin (daylight signals go to the eyes to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland)






39. Opening in the iris; dilates and contracts allowing different levels of light in






40. Thymoleptics = relieves mania of bipolar disorder (lithium carbonate - valproic acid - carbamazepine)






41. Occurs when their is damage to the septal area and results in unchecked aggressive and vicious behavior






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






43. The visual image of the world on the retina






44. In the posterior frontal lobe - contains the somatosensory cortex (touch - pressure - temperature - pain)






45. ...






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






47. Has two lobes that are connected by the massa intermedia (looks like a pair of balls - without the nutsack)






48. Increasing effects/effectiveness of a medication due to repeated administration






49. Similarity of alleles for a trait in an organism (i.e. heterozygous or homozygous)






50. Acetylcholine - glutamate - gamma-aminobutyric acid - dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine - endorphin