Exam 2: Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

Which of the following is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in dreaming, attention, arousal, and learning?

What happens when a neurotransmitter attempts to bind into a receptor site for which it has the wrong shape?

The "bridge" that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres is called the ________.

Which imaging technique involves injecting a person with a radioactive form glucose and observing brain activity?

Which of the following might be happening to Violet if she is under stress because her uncle and her nephew both died the same week?

The sympathetic nervous system ________.

Damaging the cerebellum in a rat causes the rat to lose its balance and posture. This is an example of ________.

The area of the brain that includes the pons, medulla, and cerebellum is called the ________.

The spinal cord is found inside the spinal column and is involved in ________.

If a person has multiple sclerosis, that individual's myelin sheaths will ________.

Both early and modern-day brain researchers have used which method to study the brain?

Which neurotransmitter is involved in addiction and reward?

The difference between neurons in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) is that ________.

The two major branches of the nervous system are the ________.

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for ________.

Which of these is considered to be a major stress hormone?

Contrast the three types of brain scans-CT, PET, and MRI (or fMRI)-providing an example of when each scan might be used.

When there is leftover neurotransmitter in the synaptic gap, which of the following is one of the processes that can occur?

________ is associated with Parkinson's disease, whereas ________ is associated with certain forms of schizophrenia.

Which of the following statements is true of the cell body?