Exam 3: Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

The knoblike structures that branch out from an axon are called:

The brain and spinal cord make up the _____ nervous system.

Hodgkin and Huxley (1939) conducted early research on the action potential using _____ as subjects.

Which of these is the subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that controls the involuntary functioning of blood vessels, body organs, and glands?

During prenatal development, the tail end of the neural tube will develop into the _____ and the opposite end will develop into the _____.

_____ work together in small circuits to perform simple tasks.

In epigenetics, the environment influences gene expression:

The ontogeny of the brain refers to:

Phineas Gage, a railroad foreman, suffered damage to a large part of the brain responsible for emotion regulation, planning, and decision making-namely, the _____ lobe.

Beta blockers function as _____ by blocking a receptor for _____ in the heart.

The process by which a neurotransmitter is broken down into its component molecules is termed:

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

The _____ is referred to as the "master gland."

_____ are strands of DNA wound around another in a double-helix configuration.

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

Small electrically charged particles are called:

The majority of the neurons in the nervous system are:

The _____ is located _____ the thalamus and regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, and sexual behavior.

What part of the prenatal brain develops first?

There are two special regions of the cortex dedicated to language, called Broca's and Wernicke's areas. Broca's area controls _____, and Wernicke's area controls _____.