Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Henry VIII disposed of a number of wives because they could not bear him a male child.Morality aside,what was wrong with Henry's strategy to father a male child?

Which statement is NOT true of dopamine?

Which situation would activate the amygdala to the GREATEST extent?

_____ are parts of a cell membrane that receive neurotransmitters and either initiate or prevent a new electrical signal.

In the late 1880s,_____ developed a new way to stain neurons,revealing their structure.

Neurotransmitter is to receptor as:

The majority of the neurons in the nervous system are:

An excess of glutamate activity can cause seizures.

Interneurons carry signals from the spinal cord to the muscles to activate movement.

Its name derived from the Greek word for "tree," the _____ of a neuron is so called because of its appearance,with several branching processes.

A neuroscientist interested in brain ontogeny might study:

A child touches a hot stove and immediately withdraws his hand due to the activation of:

Drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin have been shown to be effective at treating:

When a neuron is at rest,there is a high concentration of _____ ions outside the cell relative to the inside.

During an action potential,the charge seems to "jump" from node to node,rather than flow continuously down the axon,a process known as:

Reaching for your coffee cup is accomplished by the _____ subdivision of the peripheral nervous system.

During an action potential,information is transmitted as an electrical signal primarily as a result of _____ charged _____ ions rushing into the cell.

Genes are made up of chromosomes.

A neuroscientist interested in brain phylogeny might study:

The neurotransmitter that influences movement,motivation,emotional pleasure,and arousal is called: