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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
Neural synchrony
Hyperphagia
Hindbrain
Organizational hormones
2. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Myelencephalon
Frontal lobe
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
3. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
fMRI
Sulci
postsynaptic potentials
Schwann cells
4. 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
Hyperphagia
Sham rage
White Matter
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
5. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
Temporal lobe
Afferent fibers
Organizational hormones
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
6. Gray matter - white matter
Delta waves
Terminal buttons
Wernicke'S aphasia
Spine (subsystem)
7. Like neurotransmitters but cause long-term changes in postsynaptic cell
Organizational hormones
Neuromodulators
resting potential
Pituitary gland
8. Inactivated state of a neuron
Tectum
resting potential
Axon
oxytocin
9. 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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10. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Neuron
Myelin sheath
Somatic nervous system
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
11. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
Hindbrain
androgens (example)
oxytocin
Amino acids
12. Or just synapse - the space between 2 neurons where they communication
Synapse gap
Endorphins
Myelencephalon
Inferior colliculus
13. An amino acid - most abundant inhibitory neurotransmitter
Glutamate
Beta waves
Blood-brain barrier
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
14. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Occipital lobe
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Temporal lobe
Tegmentum
15. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Limbic system
Apraxia
Endorphins
Hindbrain
16. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing
Agraphia
Tectum
Cortical association areas
Hypothalamus
17. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Tegmentum
Steps in neural transmission
Efferent fibers
Dendrites
18. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Forebrain (division)
Neuromodulators
Terminal buttons
Telencephalon
19. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Absolute refractory period
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Presynaptic cell
Synaptic vessels
20. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Hyperphagia
Rebound effect
Postsynaptic cell
Hindbrain
21. Consists of limbic system - hippocampus - amygdala - cingulate gyrus
Monoamines
Telencephalon
Alpha waves
oxytocin
22. 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
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Basal ganglia
Sleep cycles
Metencephalon
23. Provide myelin in central nervous system
Absolute refractory period
Apraxia
Diencephalon
Oligodendrocytes
24. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Amygdala
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
reuptake
Saltatory conduction
25. 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
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Neuron
Metencephalon
oxytocin
26. Increase in males during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop - example: testosterone
Theta waves
Telencephalon
Temporal lobe
androgens (example)
27. Neuron branches - receive impulses - branching patterns change throughout life
Theta waves
Steps in neural transmission
Axon hillock
Dendrites
28. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Sleep spindles
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Limbic system
Sulci
29. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Sympathetic nervous system
Meninges
Sham rage
Vasopressin
30. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
Neuron
PET
reuptake
Metencephalon
31. Occur during specific periods in development - permanent or long-lasting effects; - presence of H-Y antigen in development causes fetus to develop into a male - absence to female; - androgens in males and estrogen in females causes secondary sex cha
postsynaptic potentials
oxytocin
Gyri
Organizational hormones
32. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Delta waves
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Rebound effect
Tegmentum
33. Present in fast-acting - directed synapses
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Amino acids
Amygdala
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
34. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
Superior colliculus
Occipital lobe
Activational hormones
Hindbrain
35. comprises 50% of total sleep at birth - decreases to 25% - 20% sleep time spent in this type of sleep - Interspersed with non-REM every 30-40min - where dreams are experience - characterized by neural desynchrony - also known as paradoxical sleep -->
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Inferior colliculus
Hindbrain
Synapse gap
36. In females - regulate the development of ovum and trigger ovulation - In males - regulate the development of sperm cells and the production of testosterone
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
androgens (example)
Hindbrain
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
37. Tough connective tissues that cover/protect brain and spinal cord
Meninges
Corticospinal tract
Glutamate
Sham rage
38. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
Presynaptic cell
Frontal lobe
reuptake
Dendrites
39. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Somatic nervous system
Absolute refractory period
Autonomic nervous system
Electroencephalogram
40. Beginning of neuron (dendrites)
Diencephalon
Metencephalon
Reticular formation
Postsynaptic cell
41. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
Occipital lobe
reuptake
Soma
Monoamines
42. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves
Theta waves
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Activational hormones
Alpha waves
43. Associated with changes in hormone levels throughout the month - estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone - follicle stimulating hormone
Synapse gap
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Autonomic nervous system
44. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Acetylcholine
Limbic system
Thyroid stimulating hormone
White Matter
45. 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
Autonomic nervous system
Mesencephalon
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
postsynaptic potentials
46. Presence during development causes a fetus to develop into a male (absence cause the fetus to develop into a female)
H-Y antigen
Inferior colliculus
Beta waves
Sham rage
47. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Somatic nervous system
White matter
Amino acids
Central Nervous System (CNS)
48. Changes in a nerve cell'S charge as the result of stimulation - 2 forms: excitatory postsynaptic potential and inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Gray matter
postsynaptic potentials
Steps in neural transmission
Broca'S aphasia
49. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
Broca'S aphasia
Relative refractory period
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
50. Of pituitary - regulate water levels in body and therefore BP
Vasopressin
Spine (subsystem)
Organizational hormones
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)