Exam 2: Neuroscience

Which of the following names a lobe of the cortex?

Synapses occur ____.

Recent research has indicated that the amygdala may play a role in how we ____.

Rick is given a medication that makes his neurons more positive in their resting potential. What effect will this most likely have on Rick's nervous system?

Based on the experience of Phineas Gage, who had a metal rod accidentally shot through part of his head, it appears that the ____.

Contrary to the structures of the hindbrain and the midbrain, most structures of the forebrain are ____.

Juan, a 9-year-old boy, was in an accident and suffered a brain injury. Which neurotransmitter will most likely most help Juan recover functioning after injury?

The somatosensory cortex serves as the leading edge of the ____ lobe.

In terms of working together, the nervous system and the endocrine system ____.

Charged particles that play an important role in the firing of action potentials in the nervous system are called ____.

Which statement is most correct about the complexity of neurological processes in the brain?

Which gland plays a role in sexual maturation?

The medulla and the pons are both ____.

Suppose you take a drug that causes neurons in your brain to stop firing. What effects will the drug have?

Moving your arm requires ____.

A person whose cerebellum is damaged would most likely experience problems with ____.

When the sympathetic nervous system is active, the ____ releases epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream helping to increase respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure.

The part of the neuron that receives incoming signals from other neurons is called the ____.

Treating a patient with Parkinson's disease with a drug that increases dopamine activity too greatly could lead to symptoms of ____.

The medulla is to ____ as the reticular formation is to ____.