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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to write
H-Y antigen
Agraphia
Parasympathetic nervous system
Myelin sheath
2. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Axon
Delta waves
Blooming and pruning
Antagonists
3. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Parietal lobe
Sleep spindles
Hormones (type)
Terminal buttons
4. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
White matter
Sleep spindles
All-or-none law
Steps in neural transmission
5. 4-6 complete ones - each about 90 minutes - early in the night most time in stage 3 and 4 - 2 and REM sleep predominate later
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Sleep cycles
Ventricles
Autonomic nervous system
6. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Cortical association areas
Electroencephalogram
Soma
7. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Basal ganglia
Rebound effect
Vasopressin
resting potential
8. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for somatosensory system
Corticospinal tract
Somatic nervous system
Sleep cycles
Parietal lobe
9. Of diencephalon - controls autonomic nervous system biological motivations (hunger - thirst) and pituitary gland
Hypothalamus
Activational hormones
Tegmentum
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
10. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
White matter
Neural synchrony
Autonomic nervous system
Indolamines
11. Fissures seen on cortex surface
Sulci
Schwann cells
Cingulate gyrus
Parietal lobe
12. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Sleep spindles
Glutamate
Metencephalon
Hippocampus
13. Of pituitary - regulate water levels in body and therefore BP
Sleep spindles
Synapse gap
Gray matter
Vasopressin
14. ANS - controls arousal mechanisms (blood circulation - pupil dilation - threat and fear response) - Lie detector test relies on the premise -->lying activates the sympathetic nervous system and cause things like (increase heart rate - blood pressure
Sympathetic nervous system
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Vasopressin
15. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing
Somatic nervous system
Hyperphagia
Tectum
reuptake
16. An amino acid - most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter.
Neuron
Inferior colliculus
Amygdala
Glutamate
17. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
All-or-none law
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Axon
H-Y antigen
18. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
reuptake
Amino acids
Hindbrain
Cell membrane
19. PNS - interacts with internal environment - - Responsible for the 'fight or flight' response - - It controls the involuntary functions including movement of smooth muscles - digestion - blood circulation - breathing
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Alpha waves
Autonomic nervous system
Axon hillock
20. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
Postsynaptic cell
Somatic nervous system
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Theta waves
21. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Sham rage
Cell membrane
Axon hillock
22. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
Amygdala
Blood-brain barrier
H-Y antigen
Agonists
23. Associated with changes in hormone levels throughout the month - estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone - follicle stimulating hormone
Sham rage
Alpha waves
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Nodes of Ranvier
24. Where soma and axon connect
Electroencephalogram
Pituitary gland
Axon hillock
White Matter
25. Outer half-inch of cerebral hemispheres; - sensory and intellectual functions; - split into frontal - occipital - parietal - temporal lobes; - 90% is neocortex (new in evolution - 6 layers cortex) - 10% < 6 layers and more primitive
Occipital lobe
Presynaptic cell
Gray matter
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
26. Beginning of neuron (dendrites)
Superior colliculus
Blooming and pruning
Meninges
Postsynaptic cell
27. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Oligodendrocytes
Hippocampus
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Wernicke'S aphasia
28. Jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next due to insulation by myelin sheath
Hyperphagia
Cell membrane
Glutamate
Saltatory conduction
29. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Electroencephalogram
resting potential
Telencephalon
Spine (subsystem)
30. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Relative refractory period
Organizational hormones
Frontal lobe
Reticular formation
31. Tough connective tissues that cover/protect brain and spinal cord
Synaptic vessels
Agnosia
Meninges
Reticular formation
32. Chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid that insulate brain from shock
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Ventricles
Sham rage
Brain evolution
33. An amino acid - most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
resting potential
Postsynaptic cell
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
34. Inactivated state of a neuron
Electroencephalogram
Catecholamines
Parasympathetic nervous system
resting potential
35. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Alexia
Autonomic nervous system
postsynaptic potentials
Amino acids
36. Provide myelin in central nervous system
Oligodendrocytes
PET
Glutamate
Acetylcholine
37. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - language disorder from damage to Broca'S area - in left frontal lobe; can understand speech but has difficulty speaking (slow - laborious - omits words)
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38. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Inferior colliculus
Neuromodulators
Vasopressin
PET
39. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Alexia
Blood-brain barrier
Neurotransmitters
Neural synchrony
40. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night
Hypothalamus
postsynaptic potentials
Rebound effect
Alpha waves
41. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Axon
Frontal lobe
Electroencephalogram
Vasopressin
42. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Tectum
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Hindbrain
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
43. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
androgens (example)
Temporal lobe
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
White Matter
44. Bundles of axon - Nerve fiber
White Matter
Basal ganglia
Neuromodulators
Agraphia
45. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Frontal lobe
Efferent fibers
Vasopressin
Axon hillock
46. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Brain evolution
Parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
oxytocin
47. Made up of brain and spinal cord
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Autonomic nervous system
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
48. Comprise two classes of neurotransmitters - indolamines and catecholamines
Axon
Broca'S aphasia
Theta waves
Monoamines
49. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Beta waves
Gray matter
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Tegmentum
50. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - language disorder from damage to Wernicke'S area - in left temporal lobe; can speak but doesn'T understand how to correctly choose words (fluent but nonsensical)
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