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Biopsychology: Quiz 2
1. Scientists can study the distribution of different
receptor molecules in the brain by injecting a radioactive _________ for
that receptor into the brain.
2. This division of the brain includes three major structures that have a "colour" in their name: the ______________.
3. The author of your text played a major role in the development of the ______________________ paradigm, which is used to assess the effectiveness of putative ________________________.
4. One of the main purposes of cognitive neuroscience is to locate in the brain the mechanisms of various ______________________.
5. An influx of calcium plays a key role in ___________.
6. Metabotropic is to ionotropic as _____________ is to nicotine.
7. ______________ is much like developing film.
8. The telencephalon is to the cerebral hemispheres as ECG is to _____________.
9. The ______________ subtest and the _______________ subtest are the two subtests of the __________ that are designed to measure __________ deficits, which they often fail to detect.
10. The ___________ is the innermost of the three _________. (hint: think of what protects the brain)
11. Of the 12 cranial nerves, the _________ is the
longest.
12. When it comes to the mechanism of deactivation in the synapse, ____________ is a unique neurotransmitter.
13. If it were not for the efflux of __________ , the magnitude of action potentials would be much greater.
14. Sensory relay nuclei are located in the __________, which is one of the two major parts of the _______________.
15. Neurons without axons do not generate __________ potentials.
16. The usual method of eliminating noise from an evoked potential is ______________.
17. All adrenergic neurons contain two neurotransmitters in addition to the one that they release. These two neurotransmitters are ______________ and _______________.
18. The largest telencephalic subcortical structure that is visible in a midsagittal section of the human brain is the ________________.
19. Membrane potentials can be recorded only by ________________ recording.
20. On the inferior surface of the human brain is the X-shaped ____________.
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