Exam 3: Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

High levels of which neurotransmitter have been implicated in schizophrenia?

Which brain structure is NOT part of the limbic system?

The thalamus receives information from all of the senses EXCEPT:

At around seven weeks of prenatal development, the heartbeat can be detected on an ultrasound, indicating that the _____ is already functional.

A medical artist is drawing a representation of the relationship between the somatosensory cortex and the body. What should the drawing of the body look like?

Which of these is considered a structural imaging technique?

The _____, or "master gland," is controlled by the _____.

The _____ lobe, which processes visual information, is located at the back of the cerebral cortex.

The _____ lobe processes information about touch.

The end of a neuron contains many _____, which are filled with _____ for transmitting messages to the neuron on the other side of the synapse.

The difference in electrical charge between the inside and the outside of a neuron's cell membrane is the:

_____ twins develop from a splitting of a single fertilized egg and share _____ percent of their genes.

The probability of sharing genes is termed:

Jamming a lock such that the key will no longer open it is essentially what a drug _____ does at the receptor.

Taxi drivers who repeatedly drive in certain areas have highly developed spatial maps in the _____ as a result of brain plasticity.

The electrical charge inside of the neuron relative to the outside reaches _____ millivolts during an action potential.

What subdivision of the autonomic nervous system would be MOST associated with the phrase "fight or flight"?

There are more _____ than neurons in the brain.

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

When an action potential occurs, _____ gates open, resulting in the inside of the cell becoming more _____ relative to the outside.