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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Inner core of spine - cell bodies and dendrites
Parasympathetic nervous system
Gray matter
Tectum
Electroencephalogram
2. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
resting potential
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Sham rage
Oligodendrocytes
3. Once minimum threshold is met - intensity always the same regardless of amount of stimulation
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
All-or-none law
Parasympathetic nervous system
Axon
4. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Occipital lobe
Superior colliculus
Blooming and pruning
Neurotransmitters
5. Stage 1 & 2 non-REM sleep (with sleep spindles) - lower-amplitude and slower frequency waves
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Theta waves
Neuron
Agnosia
6. Or just synapse - the space between 2 neurons where they communication
Corticospinal tract
Synapse gap
Myelin sheath
Central Nervous System (CNS)
7. Changes in a nerve cell'S charge as the result of stimulation - 2 forms: excitatory postsynaptic potential and inhibitory postsynaptic potential
postsynaptic potentials
Sulci
Sleep spindles
Hyperphagia
8. Like neurotransmitters but cause long-term changes in postsynaptic cell
Amino acids
Postsynaptic cell
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Neuromodulators
9. Inactivated state of a neuron
resting potential
PET
Cell membrane
Hormones (type)
10. Made up of brain and spinal cord
Neuron
Axon hillock
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Reticular formation
11. Of diencephalon - controls autonomic nervous system biological motivations (hunger - thirst) and pituitary gland
Neural synchrony
Hypothalamus
Absolute refractory period
Mesencephalon
12. Depolarization - + from outside allowed into cell - increase firing
Neurotransmitters
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Efferent fibers
Glutamate
13. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
H-Y antigen
Axon hillock
Tectum
14. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
Delta waves
Axon
Soma
Acetylcholine
15. Transmits impulses of neuron - bundles of these are nerve fibers (white matter); the wider nerve fiber - the faster its conduction
Pituitary gland
PET
Metencephalon
Axon
16. 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
Steps in neural transmission
Cortical association areas
Central Nervous System (CNS)
androgens (example)
17. Occurs when people deprived of REM sleep - compensate by spending more time in REM sleep later in the night
Afferent fibers
Axon hillock
Rebound effect
Glutamate
18. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Parasympathetic nervous system
Neural synchrony
Tegmentum
Neurotransmitters
19. Used to implant electrodes into animals' brains in experiments
Stereotaxic instruments
Parasympathetic nervous system
Neuromodulators
Autonomic nervous system
20. Of diencephalon - channels sensory information to cerebral cortex
Thalamus
Sleep cycles
Organizational hormones
Postsynaptic cell
21. For female - the onset of the menstrual cycles - occurs during puberty
Alpha waves
Apraxia
Rebound effect
menarche
22. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for somatosensory system
Hindbrain
Nodes of Ranvier
Oligodendrocytes
Parietal lobe
23. Associated with changes in hormone levels throughout the month - estradiol - progesterone - luteinizing hormone - follicle stimulating hormone
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
Alpha waves
Inferior colliculus
Meninges
24. 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
Gyri
Parietal lobe
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Blood-brain barrier
25. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Neurotransmitters
Hippocampus
Glutamate
Ventricles
26. Consists of myelencephalon - metencephalon - and reticular formation
Meninges
Alpha waves
Limbic system
Hindbrain
27. Made up of sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
Stereotaxic instruments
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Ventricles
Electroencephalogram
28. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system
Wernicke'S aphasia
Gray matter
Schwann cells
Parasympathetic nervous system
29. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
Postsynaptic cell
Glutamate
Relative refractory period
PET
30. Hyperpolarization - + let out - - compared to outside - decrease firing
Postsynaptic cell
Thyroid stimulating hormone
estrogen
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
31. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
Frontal lobe
Theta waves
Parietal lobe
32. Include dopamine - lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson'S - excess dopamine is linked with schizophrenia - dopamine is also involved in feelings of reward and therefore addiction
Catecholamines
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Afferent fibers
Hormones (type)
33. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves
Steps in neural transmission
postsynaptic potentials
Monoamines
Neural synchrony
34. Bumps seen on cortex surface
Hindbrain
Blood-brain barrier
Gyri
Myelin sheath
35. 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
Activational hormones
Broca'S aphasia
Afferent fibers
Basal ganglia
36. The process after a neurotransmitter has done its job - it is reabsorbed by the presynaptic cell
reuptake
Cell membrane
Basal ganglia
Neuromodulators
37. REM-sleep - low-amplitude and fast-frequency waves that characterize waking states
Mesencephalon
Cell membrane
Gray matter
Beta waves
38. Where soma and axon connect
Activational hormones
Axon hillock
Neurotransmitters
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
39. Of telencephalon - controls emotional reactions such as fear and anger
postsynaptic potentials
Axon
Amygdala
Steps in neural transmission
40. Jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next due to insulation by myelin sheath
Hormones (type)
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Saltatory conduction
Female menstrual cycle (hormones)
41. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Ventricles
Corticospinal tract
Sleep cycles
Tegmentum
42. Measures brain wave patterns and have made it possible to study waking and sleeping states
Cell membrane
Hormones (type)
Occipital lobe
Electroencephalogram
43. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Reticular formation
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
44. PNS fibers that run away from CNS (to cause effect the brain wants)
Efferent fibers
Inferior colliculus
Neural synchrony
Superior colliculus
45. Comprise two classes of neurotransmitters - indolamines and catecholamines
Monoamines
Schwann cells
Amygdala
All-or-none law
46. Of pituitary - activates thyroid
Amygdala
Sleep spindles
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Thyroid stimulating hormone
47. 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 -->
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Sleep cycles
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
White matter
48. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Temporal lobe
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Afferent fibers
Glial cells
49. 16 hours of sleep a day - 6 hours
Mesencephalon
Ventricles
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
Saltatory conduction
50. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Indolamines
Wernicke'S aphasia
Forebrain (division)
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)