Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

One of the functions of the sympathetic nervous system is to increase digestion.

Dr.Marcos is interested in the brain evolution of Neanderthals.He studies brain:

Children share a quarter of their genes with their:

_____ twins develop from two separate fertilized eggs and share _____% of their genes.

The spaces between sections of myelin on an axon are termed the:

Which glands are the sexually reproductive glands in females?

Alzheimer's disease is associated with a deterioration of _____-producing neurons.

Heritability is meaningful only for the environmental conditions in which it was computed.

Why do the wrinkles and folds of the cortex represent a triumph of evolution?

Which technique does NOT use structural imaging?

The division of the peripheral nervous system most commonly associated with the "fight-or-flight" response is the _____ nervous system.

The idea that genes express themselves within an environment is a central component of:

Recent research in epigenetics has indicated little role for the environment in altering gene expression.

Mirror neurons are active in an animal that:

Which brain imaging technique is commonly used to detect tumours?

The midbrain structure that is involved in movement and arousal is the:

The frontal lobe contains the motor cortex.

Which brain imaging technique is commonly used to visualize white matter pathways that connect one brain area to another?

Pyramidal cells are found in which brain region?

Association areas in the temporal lobe: