Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

Which ion has a negative charge?

The term brain plasticity refers to the fact that:

The _____ is involved in regulating posture.

The drugs used to treat depression often enhance the processing of neurotransmitters such as serotonin by:

Genes are sections on a strand of:

A neuroscientist analyzes the central nervous system of a 5-week-old human embryo.She is MOST likely to observe:

Low levels of which neurotransmitter have been implicated in Parkinson's disease?

_____ is a functional neuroimaging technique in which a harmless radioactive substance is injected into the bloodstream and then absorbed by brain regions as they require blood flow.

The _____ initiates voluntary movements and sends information to the basal ganglia,cerebellum,and spinal cord.

The characteristic fissures of the cerebral cortex are evident by which month of pregnancy?

When a neuron is at rest,the plasma membrane allows the unrestricted flow of _____ ions.

Which gland(s)is/are the sexually reproductive gland(s)in men?

The subtantia nigra is an area rich in dopamine-producing neurons found in the:

The process by which a neurotransmitter is reabsorbed by the terminal button of the presynaptic neuron is termed:

The actor Michael J.Fox suffers from Parkinson's disease,and John Nash,subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind,suffered from schizophrenia.The brains of both men can be expected to have _____ levels of dopamine.

_____ is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

The split-brain procedure involves severing the _____,usually to stop the spread of debilitating seizures.

A medical artist is drawing a homunculus with body-part size in relation to the size devoted to it in the somatosensory cortex.Which body part should be drawn LARGEST?

The _____ the damage to the spinal cord,the _____ the prognosis for sensation and movement throughout the body.

The genes of a child will have the LEAST in common with the genes of a(n):