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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 1
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1. Of mesencephalon - vision and hearing

2. Increase effects of a neurotransmitter (e.g. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [for depression] increase serotonin activity)

3. Provide myelin in peripheral nervous system

4. PNS fibers that run towards CNS

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

6. Provide myelin in central nervous system

7. Made up of brain and spinal cord

8. End of a neuron (terminal buttons)

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

10. Inactivated state of a neuron

11. Bumps seen on cortex surface

12. Of Hindbrain - aka medulla; Mainly controls for reflexes - but also controls sleep - attention - movement

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

14. Incredible rage easily provoked when cerebral cortex is removed

15. Base in hindbrain - rest in midbrain; oldest brain area; Controls alertness - thirst - sleep - involuntary muscles (i.e. heart)

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

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

18. Jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next due to insulation by myelin sheath

19. Of cerebral cortex - responsible for vision

20. Low-amplitude and fast -frequency alpha waves

21. 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

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

23. Linked to pleasure and analgesia; can be endogenous (opioid peptides) or exogenous (morphine or heroin) - Exogenous endorphine are highly addictive

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

25. A type of cell that help support neurons; oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells

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