Exam 4: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

If a drug boosts levels of a neurotransmitter and it is effective in treating a disorder,then it indicates that the disorder was caused by abnormal neurotransmitter levels.

Positron-emission tomography is a method for analyzing biochemical activity in the brain,using injections of a glucose-like substance containing a radioactive element.

________ is a method of stimulating brain cells; this method can be used by researchers to temporarily inactivate neural circuits.

The process of neurogenesis occurs when:

A collection of neurons and supportive tissue running from the base of the brain down the centre of the back,protected by a column of bones,is called the:

Which of the following is NOT true?

Transcranial magnetic stimulation uses a powerful magnetic field produced by a wire coil placed on a person's head in order to temporarily inactivate neural circuits.

Although ________ greatly outnumber ________,we know much more about the latter than the former.

You have been asked to write an informed consent sheet for patients with debilitating,uncontrollable epilepsy to read when considering split-brain surgery.In your consent form,include the risks and the benefits that would be important for the patient to understand.Provide an example of the research findings from studies in which split-brain patient have viewed composite pictures.

Match these descriptions with the appropriate lobe of cortex. -Contains the somatosensory cortex and is also involved in attention and various mental operations.

Glutamate functions as the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

Recall the case study method that was described in our first chapter and use your knowledge of this method to evaluate research regarding the brain.What can be learned by studying patients who have had a part of the brain damaged because of disease or injury? What can be learned by studying individuals whose disorders have required surgical lesions? What are the drawbacks to the case study method? Include in your essay an evaluation of the case studies of: * Phineas Gage * Split-brain patients

When researchers used MRI scans to observe brain functioning during different rhyme-judgment tasks they found that:

What is the part of a neuron that sends information to other cells?

When researchers use needle electrodes:

The ________ is a structure in the brain stem involved in sleeping,waking,and dreaming.

Adrenal hormones are produced by the pineal gland,deep within the brain.

Stem cells that are involved in learning and memory seem to divide and mature:

When a person has severe depression,then it is likely that levels of serotonin:

The sympathetic nervous system acts like the ________ of a car,whereas the parasympathetic nervous system acts more like a/an ________.