Psych-Neuroscience (All Quizzes For Modules 1/2/3)

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Reversible lesions are produced by applying...

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Cold

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An element

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Imaging techniques that provide information regarding brain function include

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FMRI and PET

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2

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans

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Require the participant to ingest or inject radioactive substances

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Down side of PET

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Computerized Tomography (CT) scans are based on

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X-ray technology

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What technology, what scans the body?

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Traditionally, Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings are most commonly used to study

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State of consciousness and seizure

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Kids in the bus had

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The purpose of stimulation research is to

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Identify the function of a part of the brain

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A technique that is often used to determine whether or not a stimulus has been processed by the brain is

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The analysis of Evoked Potential

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The study of microscopic structures and tissues is known as

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Histology

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Microdialasys is used to

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Assess the chemicals in a very small area of the brain

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Individual ion channels in the membranes of neurons may be studied using

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Patch clamps

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The reticular formation is involved with regularion of

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Sleep and arousal

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My favorite things

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The medulla contains nuclei responsible for which of the following functions

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Heart rate and respiration

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Vitals

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The amygdala participates in which of the following behaviors?

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Fear and aggression

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Bad behaviors

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Major regulatory functions, including hunger, thirst, sex drive, and temperature control are managed primarily by the

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Hypotalamus

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Below thalamus

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Planes of section that divide the brain parallel to the midline are known as

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Sagittal sections

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Almost like astrological sign

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Which of the following structure participate in our experience of pain?

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Periaqueductal gray

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L'aqueduc de couleur

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Primary motor cortex is located in the

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Frontal lobes

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Most important lobe

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The primary purpose of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is to

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Cushion or float the weight of the brain

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The basal ganglia, substantia nigra, and red nucleus are important for which of the following functions

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Motor control

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Like cerebellum

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The structures of the limbic systems are particularly important in

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Emotion

(memory, learning and personality)

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Women have more than man

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The glia that participate in the formation of the blood-brain barrier are

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Astrocytes

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The purple structural glia (50 to 1)

Looks like a star

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The arrival of the action potential at the axon terminal results in the opening of

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Voltage-dependent Calcium channels (Ca++)

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The ions that help with the release of the neurotransmitter in the synapse

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Which type of receptor involves intracellular G protein?

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Metabotropic receptors

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M

(neurotransmitters, ligand-gated channels)

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Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials (ESPS) occur in response to the opening of

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Ligand-gated (transmitter-gated) sodium channels

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Neurotransmitters channels of positive charged ions

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What contributes to the relative negativity of intracellular fluid?

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Negatively-charged protein molecules

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Largest molecule in the intracellular fluid

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The 1st consequence of a neurons reaching threshold for an action potential is the opening of

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Voltage-dependent sodium channels

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Protein structures located on the presynaptic neurons that monitor its activity level are known as

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Autoreceptors

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The only receptor that auto monitor

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The bare axon membrane between 2 segments of myelin is known as

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Node of Ranvier

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Named after a Dr.

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Exocytosis is the process that results in

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The release of neurotransmitter substance by the presynaptic neuron

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What happens in Exocytosis

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When chemical communication at the synapse is terminated by the recapture of neurotransmitter molecules by the presynaptic neuron, that process is known as

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Reuptake

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The recycling of non-used neurons