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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Increase in males during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop - example: testosterone
Blood-brain barrier
androgens (example)
Theta waves
Ventricles
2. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Reticular formation
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Vasopressin
3. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Organizational hormones
Steps in neural transmission
Hyperphagia
Tectum
4. 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
Terminal buttons
Blood-brain barrier
Activational hormones
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
5. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Soma
Sleep cycles
Hippocampus
Catecholamines
6. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Sleep cycles
Limbic system
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Pituitary gland
7. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
Thalamus
Forebrain (division)
Sleep cycles
PET
8. Midbrain; contains tectum and tegmentum
Mesencephalon
Autonomic nervous system
Afferent fibers
androgens (example)
9. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Glial cells
Neural synchrony
Endorphins
Forebrain (division)
10. PNS - interacts with external environment by controlling voluntary movements of striated muscles
Alpha waves
Hormones (type)
Somatic nervous system
Basal ganglia
11. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Delta waves
Thalamus
Neurotransmitters
Telencephalon
12. Neuron branches - receive impulses - branching patterns change throughout life
Absolute refractory period
Autonomic nervous system
Alpha waves
Dendrites
13. Of telencephalon - controls emotional reactions such as fear and anger
Amygdala
Ventricles
Limbic system
Myelencephalon
14. 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 -->
Dendrites
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Hormones (type)
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
15. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Afferent fibers
Nodes of Ranvier
Temporal lobe
Beta waves
16. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Forebrain (division)
Oligodendrocytes
Frontal lobe
Glial cells
17. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Apraxia
Steps in neural transmission
Myelencephalon
Afferent fibers
18. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Tegmentum
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Temporal lobe
19. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)
Apraxia
Postsynaptic cell
Agonists
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
20. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
estrogen
Indolamines
Soma
Postsynaptic cell
21. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
Amino acids
Neuron
Diencephalon
estrogen
22. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Somatic nervous system
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Electroencephalogram
Parasympathetic nervous system
23. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Alexia
Diencephalon
Afferent fibers
Neural synchrony
24. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
menarche
Catecholamines
Presynaptic cell
Vasopressin
25. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
resting potential
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Myelin sheath
26. Or just synapse - the space between 2 neurons where they communication
Organizational hormones
Synapse gap
Agonists
Myelencephalon
27. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
estrogen
Pituitary gland
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
28. 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
Broca'S aphasia
Cortical association areas
Autonomic nervous system
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
29. Associated with changes in hormone levels throughout the month - estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone - follicle stimulating hormone
resting potential
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Agraphia
Cell membrane
30. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes
Oligodendrocytes
Superior colliculus
Neural synchrony
Activational hormones
31. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing
Hippocampus
Tectum
Cortical association areas
Electroencephalogram
32. Organizational and activational
Sulci
H-Y antigen
Autonomic nervous system
Hormones (type)
33. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Forebrain (division)
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Axon
Inferior colliculus
34. An amino acid - most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter.
Monoamines
Indolamines
Afferent fibers
Glutamate
35. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Superior colliculus
Gray matter
postsynaptic potentials
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
36. 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
Theta waves
Glutamate
Sleep cycles
37. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through
Spine (subsystem)
Cell membrane
Parasympathetic nervous system
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
38. 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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39. Of diencephalon - controls autonomic nervous system biological motivations (hunger - thirst) and pituitary gland
Organizational hormones
Hypothalamus
Relative refractory period
Neurotransmitters
40. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
White matter
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
41. 16 hours of sleep a day - 6 hours
Hypothalamus
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Occipital lobe
42. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - difficulty processing sensory information
Sympathetic nervous system
White Matter
Agnosia
Ventricles
43. Beginning of neuron (dendrites)
Steps in neural transmission
Monoamines
Postsynaptic cell
Dendrites
44. Provide myelin in central nervous system
Amygdala
Indolamines
Oligodendrocytes
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
45. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Monoamines
Cingulate gyrus
Metencephalon
Superior colliculus
46. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Vasopressin
Inferior colliculus
fMRI
Thyroid stimulating hormone
47. Of telencephalon - links brain areas dealing with emotion and decisions
Cingulate gyrus
H-Y antigen
Electroencephalogram
Axon
48. Connections between brain and spine
Corticospinal tract
Sleep cycles
Neurotransmitters
Antagonists
49. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Alpha waves
Sham rage
Rebound effect
H-Y antigen
50. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
Tegmentum
postsynaptic potentials
oxytocin
Hindbrain