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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1

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1. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed






2. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states






3. 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






4. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing






5. 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






6. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing






7. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states






8. Of pituitary - stress hormone - increases androgen and cortisol production






9. Made up of brain and spinal cord






10. Gray matter - white matter






11. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells






12. Where soma and axon connect






13. Bumps on the brainstem - controls visual reflexes






14. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain






15. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front






16. 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






17. 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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18. Stage 0 & 1 non-REM sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves






19. Tough connective tissues that cover/protect brain and spinal cord






20. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - difficulty processing sensory information






21. Fissures seen on cortex surface






22. PNS fibers that run towards CNS






23. Between myelin sheath - help send impulse down axon






24. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night






25. Once minimum threshold is met - intensity always the same regardless of amount of stimulation






26. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)






27. Organizational and activational






28. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop






29. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes






30. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system






31. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing






32. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to read






33. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving






34. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon






35. Bumps seen on cortex surface






36. Neuron branches - receive impulses - branching patterns change throughout life






37. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision






38. 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






39. Covers whole neuron - selective permeability - sometimes lets ions (positive charge) through






40. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing






41. Comprise two classes of neurotransmitters - indolamines and catecholamines






42. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state






43. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system






44. Inner core of spine - cell bodies and dendrites






45. Midbrain; contains tectum and tegmentum






46. Increase in males during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop - example: testosterone






47. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)






48. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep






49. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus






50. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)







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