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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Inferior colliculus
Vasopressin
Glial cells
Synapse gap
2. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Parasympathetic nervous system
Monoamines
Broca'S aphasia
Diencephalon
3. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to write
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Agraphia
Gray matter
Inferior colliculus
4. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Endorphins
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Efferent fibers
5. Released from the pituitary and facilitates birth and breast feeding - also involved in pair bonding (mother to child or romantic partners) -
oxytocin
Activational hormones
Catecholamines
Soma
6. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Cingulate gyrus
Rebound effect
Forebrain (division)
Dendrites
7. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Absolute refractory period
Hippocampus
White matter
Basal ganglia
8. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Agonists
Cingulate gyrus
Tegmentum
Metencephalon
9. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
Broca'S aphasia
postsynaptic potentials
Myelin sheath
Beta waves
10. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
Temporal lobe
Agonists
Blooming and pruning
Pituitary gland
11. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
Neural synchrony
Schwann cells
Presynaptic cell
Metencephalon
12. Of telencephalon - links brain areas dealing with emotion and decisions
Neuromodulators
Indolamines
fMRI
Cingulate gyrus
13. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
PET
Sulci
estrogen
Parasympathetic nervous system
14. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Blooming and pruning
Diencephalon
Absolute refractory period
Limbic system
15. Holds neurotransmitters
Stereotaxic instruments
Synaptic vessels
Brain evolution
Limbic system
16. Connections between brain and spine
Agonists
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Corticospinal tract
Sleep spindles
17. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Agonists
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Presynaptic cell
18. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Sleep spindles
Glutamate
Rebound effect
Sulci
19. Include serotonin - lack of serotonin is linked with depression
Hypothalamus
Blooming and pruning
Parasympathetic nervous system
Indolamines
20. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Beta waves
Acetylcholine
Inferior colliculus
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
21. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
Stereotaxic instruments
Frontal lobe
Acetylcholine
Neural synchrony
22. Between myelin sheath - help send impulse down axon
Gray matter
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Nodes of Ranvier
Delta waves
23. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
estrogen
Agonists
Reticular formation
24. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read
Alexia
Brain evolution
Amino acids
Agnosia
25. Measures oxygen flow in different brain areas - used most in cognitive psych to measure activity in different brain regions during certain tasks
Oligodendrocytes
White Matter
fMRI
Neurotransmitters
26. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)
Endorphins
Vasopressin
Reticular formation
Neural synchrony
27. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Amino acids
Schwann cells
Antagonists
28. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Mesencephalon
Apraxia
Agonists
29. Made up of brain and spinal cord
postsynaptic potentials
Central Nervous System (CNS)
White matter
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
30. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Neurotransmitters
Frontal lobe
reuptake
Tegmentum
31. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night
Blooming and pruning
Sympathetic nervous system
Rebound effect
Forebrain (division)
32. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Frontal lobe
Reticular formation
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Hippocampus
33. Fissures seen on cortex surface
Sulci
Synaptic vessels
Tegmentum
menarche
34. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Gyri
Stereotaxic instruments
Hypothalamus
35. Inactivated state of a neuron
Sham rage
Agnosia
resting potential
Beta waves
36. Gray matter - white matter
Inferior colliculus
Metencephalon
Brain evolution
Spine (subsystem)
37. 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
Organizational hormones
Myelencephalon
Neuron
Catecholamines
38. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Basal ganglia
Oligodendrocytes
Steps in neural transmission
Tegmentum
39. Provide myelin in central nervous system
Oligodendrocytes
Glutamate
resting potential
Activational hormones
40. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Parasympathetic nervous system
Myelencephalon
Tegmentum
Reticular formation
41. Areas on cortex that correspond to certain functions; - the larger the area - the more sensitive and highly accessed the function - Damage to a particular area would result in certain dysfunction
H-Y antigen
Cortical association areas
Ventricles
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
42. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
androgens (example)
Neurotransmitters
Nodes of Ranvier
Afferent fibers
43. 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
Sulci
Absolute refractory period
Activational hormones
Cortical association areas
44. 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
Sleep cycles
Relative refractory period
Myelin sheath
White matter
45. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Hyperphagia
Frontal lobe
Sham rage
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
46. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production
Axon
Axon hillock
White matter
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
47. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Brain evolution
Blood-brain barrier
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Frontal lobe
48. Pathway that runs to and from CNS
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
Oligodendrocytes
Gray matter
Agnosia
49. Of pituitary - regulate water levels in body and therefore BP
Alexia
Vasopressin
Hippocampus
Axon
50. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cell membrane
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Afferent fibers