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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for somatosensory system
Ventricles
Hormones (type)
Parietal lobe
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
2. Contain synaptic vessels that hold neurotransmitters
Terminal buttons
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Agnosia
Superior colliculus
3. 16 hours of sleep a day - 6 hours
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
fMRI
White matter
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
4. In females - regulate the development of ovum and trigger ovulation - In males - regulate the development of sperm cells and the production of testosterone
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Occipital lobe
H-Y antigen
fMRI
5. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Hormones (type)
Inferior colliculus
Postsynaptic cell
Glutamate
6. 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
Diencephalon
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Blood-brain barrier
Limbic system
7. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Beta waves
Acetylcholine
All-or-none law
H-Y antigen
8. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Oligodendrocytes
White matter
Frontal lobe
Superior colliculus
9. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves
Alpha waves
Electroencephalogram
Telencephalon
Agnosia
10. 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
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Neurotransmitters
Frontal lobe
Tectum
11. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Oligodendrocytes
Hypothalamus
Temporal lobe
12. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)
Indolamines
Agraphia
Sympathetic nervous system
Agonists
13. 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
Nodes of Ranvier
Somatic nervous system
Alexia
Activational hormones
14. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - difficulty processing sensory information
Acetylcholine
Myelin sheath
Delta waves
Agnosia
15. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
Activational hormones
Neural synchrony
Theta waves
Indolamines
16. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Frontal lobe
resting potential
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Neurotransmitters
17. (1) resting potential - neuron negatively charged - cell membrane does not let ions in; (2) presynaptic cell releases neurotransmitters from terminal buttons; (3) postsynaptic receptors in postsynaptic cells detects neurotransmitter and open ion chan
Diencephalon
Steps in neural transmission
menarche
Frontal lobe
18. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Apraxia
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
H-Y antigen
Dendrites
19. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Myelencephalon
Amino acids
Hyperphagia
20. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
Occipital lobe
Indolamines
reuptake
Neurotransmitters
21. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Electroencephalogram
oxytocin
Neurotransmitters
22. Measures oxygen flow in different brain areas - used most in cognitive psych to measure activity in different brain regions during certain tasks
fMRI
Axon
Temporal lobe
Relative refractory period
23. Organizational and activational
Terminal buttons
Acetylcholine
Hormones (type)
Alpha waves
24. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
Amino acids
Hypothalamus
Monoamines
Relative refractory period
25. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Hypothalamus
menarche
Cingulate gyrus
Stereotaxic instruments
26. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Myelin sheath
Vasopressin
Telencephalon
PET
27. Transmits impulses of neuron - bundles of these are nerve fibers (white matter); the wider nerve fiber - the faster its conduction
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Basal ganglia
Metencephalon
Axon
28. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Myelin sheath
androgens (example)
Metencephalon
Axon hillock
29. Released at neuromuscular junction to cause contraction of skeletal muscles - also involved in parasympathetic nervous system
Synapse gap
Synaptic vessels
Acetylcholine
Beta waves
30. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Neurotransmitters
Indolamines
Apraxia
White Matter
31. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Hormones (type)
Endorphins
Cortical association areas
Parasympathetic nervous system
32. 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
Autonomic nervous system
Sleep cycles
Temporal lobe
Glutamate
33. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night
Rebound effect
Cell membrane
Limbic system
Temporal lobe
34. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Schwann cells
Brain evolution
Acetylcholine
Diencephalon
35. Changes in a nerve cell'S charge as the result of stimulation - 2 forms: excitatory postsynaptic potential and inhibitory postsynaptic potential
postsynaptic potentials
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Agraphia
Steps in neural transmission
36. Time after a neuron fires which it cannot respond to stimulation
Frontal lobe
PET
Soma
Absolute refractory period
37. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Myelencephalon
Somatic nervous system
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
reuptake
38. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
PET
Diencephalon
Electroencephalogram
Neurotransmitters
39. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Catecholamines
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Broca'S aphasia
Endorphins
40. Control large voluntary muscle movements - Their degeneration is related to motor dysfunction in Parkinson'S and Huntington'S
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Spine (subsystem)
Basal ganglia
resting potential
41. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Stereotaxic instruments
Glial cells
Limbic system
Reticular formation
42. 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
Parietal lobe
Schwann cells
Sympathetic nervous system
Hypothalamus
43. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Occipital lobe
Vasopressin
Saltatory conduction
Hippocampus
44. Of telencephalon - controls emotional reactions such as fear and anger
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
H-Y antigen
Thalamus
Amygdala
45. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Forebrain (division)
Diencephalon
Activational hormones
Absolute refractory period
46. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
Occipital lobe
Agnosia
Theta waves
reuptake
47. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Ventricles
Hyperphagia
Broca'S aphasia
Sleep spindles
48. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Tegmentum
Inferior colliculus
Reticular formation
Synaptic vessels
49. Of diencephalon - channels sensory information to cerebral cortex
Limbic system
Ventricles
Thalamus
Presynaptic cell
50. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Electroencephalogram
Vasopressin
Axon hillock