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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for hearing - also Wernicke'S area (related to speech)
Gray matter
Temporal lobe
Blooming and pruning
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
2. Stage 3 (less sleep spindles) & 4 non-REM sleep - high-amplitude and low-frequency - deepest level of sleep
Limbic system
H-Y antigen
Cell membrane
Delta waves
3. Aka cell body. largest central portion - and make up gray matter - has a nucleus that directs neuron'S activity
reuptake
Tectum
Soma
Glutamate
4. An amino acid - most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter.
Meninges
Glutamate
fMRI
White matter
5. Midbrain; contains tectum and tegmentum
Myelin sheath
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Mesencephalon
Pituitary gland
6. Released from the pituitary and facilitates birth and breast feeding - also involved in pair bonding (mother to child or romantic partners) -
oxytocin
menarche
Agraphia
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
7. Inactivated state of a neuron
resting potential
Cortical association areas
androgens (example)
Antagonists
8. Fast frequency bursts of brain activity - inhibits processing to keep tranquil state
Sympathetic nervous system
Wernicke'S aphasia
Sleep spindles
Inferior colliculus
9. In females - regulate the development of ovum and trigger ovulation - In males - regulate the development of sperm cells and the production of testosterone
Cell membrane
resting potential
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Afferent fibers
10. Fatty - insulating sheath on some axons for faster conduction of axon impulses
estrogen
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
Organizational hormones
Myelin sheath
11. 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
oxytocin
Neuron
Axon hillock
Organizational hormones
12. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)
Sleep spindles
Organizational hormones
Presynaptic cell
Efferent fibers
13. Bumps on the brainstem - controls auditory reflexes
Sulci
Inferior colliculus
Reticular formation
Activational hormones
14. 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
Blood-brain barrier
Sympathetic nervous system
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Non-REM sleep (4 stages of sleep)
15. Of hindbrain - has pons(connects brain parts to spine) and cerebellum(controls muscle coordination - balance - posture)
Gray matter
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
Metencephalon
oxytocin
16. For female - the onset of the menstrual cycles - occurs during puberty
PET
menarche
Neuromodulators
Axon
17. Of diencephalon - channels sensory information to cerebral cortex
Schwann cells
Occipital lobe
Thalamus
Sleep spindles
18. Time after absolute refractory period - neuron can fire but needs a much stronger stimulus
H-Y antigen
Agnosia
Pituitary gland
Relative refractory period
19. Of mesencephalon - rest of reticular formation; Also involved in the sensorimotor system - analgesic effect of opiates
Schwann cells
Tegmentum
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Occipital lobe
20. Extension of the spine - developed from base to the front
Myelin sheath
Brain evolution
Myelencephalon
White matter
21. 16 hours of sleep a day - 6 hours
estrogen
Activational hormones
Mesencephalon
Sleep hours for infants and elderly respectively
22. Overeating with no satiation of hunger; leads to obesity; damage to ventromedial region of hypothalamus
Terminal buttons
Oligodendrocytes
Hyperphagia
Presynaptic cell
23. Divided into diencephalon and telencephalon
Forebrain (division)
Synaptic vessels
Alexia
fMRI
24. ANS - recuperation after arousal (decrease HR - BP - respiration)
Alpha waves
Brain evolution
Soma
Parasympathetic nervous system
25. Of telencephalon - involves in memory- transfer STM into LTM - - new neurons can form in adult mammalian brain
Efferent fibers
Autonomic nervous system
Pituitary gland
Hippocampus
26. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
Glial cells
Autonomic nervous system
White Matter
Vasopressin
27. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed
Sham rage
reuptake
oxytocin
Parasympathetic nervous system
28. Of cerebral cortex - controls speech (Broca'S area) - reasoning - problem solving
Frontal lobe
Limbic system
Oligodendrocytes
Alexia
29. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision
Occipital lobe
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
Cell membrane
PET
30. Made up of brain and spinal cord
Corticospinal tract
Superior colliculus
Presynaptic cell
Central Nervous System (CNS)
31. Organizational and activational
Hormones (type)
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Parietal lobe
Hypothalamus
32. Outer covering of spine - nerve fibers - axon bundles - myelin sheathing
Somatic nervous system
White matter
Blooming and pruning
Forebrain (division)
33. PNS fibers that run towards CNS
Telencephalon
Reticular formation
Afferent fibers
Postsynaptic cell
34. Linked to pleasure and analgesia; can be endogenous (opioid peptides) or exogenous (morphine or heroin) - Exogenous endorphine are highly addictive
Reticular formation
Alexia
Endorphins
Glial cells
35. Outer half-inch of cerebral hemispheres; - sensory and intellectual functions; - split into frontal - occipital - parietal - temporal lobes; - 90% is neocortex (new in evolution - 6 layers cortex) - 10% < 6 layers and more primitive
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
All-or-none law
Relative refractory period
Cerebral cortex (subsystem)
36. Bumps seen on cortex surface
Myelin sheath
Tectum
Gyri
Nodes of Ranvier
37. Positron emission tomography - scans glucose metabolism to measure activity in various brain regions
Stereotaxic instruments
Tegmentum
PET
Thyroid stimulating hormone
38. Chambers filled with cerebrospinal fluid that insulate brain from shock
Hindbrain
Ventricles
Electroencephalogram
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
39. Increase in female during puberty causes genitals to matures and secondary sex characteristics to develop
estrogen
Pituitary gland
postsynaptic potentials
Electroencephalogram
40. 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
Tectum
Blood-brain barrier
Autonomic nervous system
Neuron
41. Process in which neural pathways are connected and then some die out (children go through these process)
Cell membrane
Reticular formation
Blooming and pruning
Beta waves
42. Jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next due to insulation by myelin sheath
Saltatory conduction
Superior colliculus
Rebound effect
Vasopressin
43. Chemicals that stimulate nearby cells
Steps in neural transmission
Neurotransmitters
Synaptic vessels
Myelencephalon
44. Dysfunction in certain cortical association area - inability to organize movement
Gyri
Blooming and pruning
Apraxia
androgens (example)
45. Made up of somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
Theta waves
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Myelin sheath
Peripheral nervous system (subsystems)
46. Made of thalamus and hypothalamus
Diencephalon
Frontal lobe
Monoamines
Superior colliculus
47. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement
Myelencephalon
Presynaptic cell
Temporal lobe
Autonomic nervous system (subsystems)
48. Inner core of spine - cell bodies and dendrites
Neural synchrony
Gray matter
Cingulate gyrus
Rapid Eye Movement sleep
49. Controlled by hypothalamus - regulation of hormones in the body - The 'master gland' of the endocrine/hormone system
Cingulate gyrus
Pituitary gland
Blood-brain barrier
Central Nervous System (CNS)
50. Of telencephalon - structures around the brainstem involved in 4Fs (fleeing - feeding - fighting - and fornicating)
Limbic system
Amino acids
Cingulate gyrus
Sulci