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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Gray matter
Sulci
Steps in neural transmission
Delta waves
2. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Tegmentum
Alexia
menarche
Synapse gap
3. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
H-Y antigen
Hindbrain
reuptake
postsynaptic potentials
4. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
Pituitary gland
Hindbrain
Temporal lobe
Thyroid stimulating hormone
5. Released at neuromuscular junction to cause contraction of skeletal muscles - also involved in parasympathetic nervous system
Pituitary gland
fMRI
Sleep cycles
Acetylcholine
6. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)
All-or-none law
Sleep cycles
Afferent fibers
Agonists
7. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Hindbrain
Gyri
Spine (subsystem)
Myelin sheath
8. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
fMRI
Monoamines
Theta waves
Neuromodulators
9. Holds neurotransmitters
Endorphins
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Synaptic vessels
postsynaptic potentials
10. Protects the brain by making it difficult for toxic substances to pass from the blood into the brain - since blood vessel cells in the brain are tightly packed
Electroencephalogram
Blood-brain barrier
Sleep spindles
Metencephalon
11. Include dopamine - lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson'S - excess dopamine is linked with schizophrenia - dopamine is also involved in feelings of reward and therefore addiction
Basal ganglia
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Catecholamines
Agnosia
12. The basic unit of the nervous system - Consist of: Dentrites - cell body (soma) - axon hillock - axon - myelin sheath - nodes of Ranvier - Terminal buttons - cell membrane - synapse - glial cells
Temporal lobe
Neuron
Superior colliculus
oxytocin
13. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
Antagonists
Sleep cycles
Presynaptic cell
Tegmentum
14. Takes about half an hour; (0) prelude to sleep - neural synchrony; alpha waves; person is relaxed and drowsy - closes eye; (1) Eyes begin to roll. alpha waves give way to irregular theta waves; loses responsiveness to stimuli - experiences fleeting t
Sham rage
Wernicke'S aphasia
Hormones (type)
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
15. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Telencephalon
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Apraxia
Stereotaxic instruments
16. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Parietal lobe
estrogen
Reticular formation
Terminal buttons
17. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Myelin sheath
resting potential
Sulci
Inferior colliculus
18. Include serotonin - lack of serotonin is linked with depression
Schwann cells
Indolamines
H-Y antigen
Broca'S aphasia
19. Changes in a nerve cell'S charge as the result of stimulation - 2 forms: excitatory postsynaptic potential and inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
postsynaptic potentials
Electroencephalogram
Tectum
20. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
Amino acids
Neuron
Hippocampus
Brain evolution
21. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Spine (subsystem)
Hormones (type)
Alpha waves
22. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Broca'S aphasia
Synapse gap
Basal ganglia
Ventricles
23. Chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid that insulate brain from shock
Electroencephalogram
Ventricles
fMRI
Vasopressin
24. Of diencephalon - channels sensory information to cerebral cortex
Gray matter
All-or-none law
Temporal lobe
Thalamus
25. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
Activational hormones
Hyperphagia
fMRI
Relative refractory period
26. Anytime during adulthood - short periods - often transient or reversible (current/recent circulation); - menstrual cycle (estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone (LH) - follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)); - LH and FSH in females regulate ovum
Beta waves
Activational hormones
Neuromodulators
Endorphins
27. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Reticular formation
Frontal lobe
fMRI
Hippocampus
28. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Somatic nervous system
Mesencephalon
PET
Beta waves
29. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Myelencephalon
Diencephalon
Somatic nervous system
Electroencephalogram
30. 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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31. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Frontal lobe
Acetylcholine
Hormones (type)
Alpha waves
32. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision
Superior colliculus
Wernicke'S aphasia
Occipital lobe
estrogen
33. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night
Alexia
oxytocin
Rebound effect
Brain evolution
34. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Mesencephalon
estrogen
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
All-or-none law
35. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Gray matter
Cingulate gyrus
Central Nervous System (CNS)
36. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Oligodendrocytes
Nodes of Ranvier
Tegmentum
Vasopressin
37. Where soma and axon connect
Glial cells
Tectum
Neuron
Axon hillock
38. 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 spindles
Efferent fibers
Autonomic nervous system
Alexia
39. Decrease effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. botox is an acetylecholine antagonist that decreases muscle activity)
Parasympathetic nervous system
Thalamus
Antagonists
Neuron
40. 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
Neuron
Somatic nervous system
fMRI
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
41. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing
Corticospinal tract
Theta waves
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
White Matter
42. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
reuptake
fMRI
Hypothalamus
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
43. Of diencephalon - controls autonomic nervous system biological motivations (hunger - thirst) and pituitary gland
Hypothalamus
Cingulate gyrus
fMRI
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
44. Transmits impulses of neuron - bundles of these are nerve fibers (white matter); the wider nerve fiber - the faster its conduction
Axon
Neurotransmitters
Amino acids
Alpha waves
45. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Pituitary gland
Hypothalamus
Steps in neural transmission
Axon
46. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
Schwann cells
Endorphins
Oligodendrocytes
Monoamines
47. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Wernicke'S aphasia
48. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Frontal lobe
Mesencephalon
Blooming and pruning
Catecholamines
49. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Mesencephalon
Limbic system
Endorphins
Cell membrane
50. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
Cortical association areas
Acetylcholine
Tegmentum
estrogen