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Biopsychology: Answers to 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.
Answer : Ligand
2.
This division of the brain includes three major structures that have a "colour" in their name: the ______________.
Answer : mesencephalon
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 _________________.
Answer :
conditioned defensive burying
anti-anxiety drugs
4.
One of the main purposes of cognitive neuroscience is to locate in the brain the mechanisms of various __________________.
Answer : constituent cognitive processes
5.
An influx of calcium plays a key role in ___________.
Answer : exocytosis
6.
Metabotropic is to ionotropic as _____________ is to nicotine.
Answer : muscarine
7.
______________ is much like developing film.
Answer : autoradiography
8.
The telencephalon is to the cerebral hemispheres as ECG is to _____________.
Answer : electrical currents in the cardiac cycle
9.
The ______________ subtest and the _______________ subtest are the two subtests of the __________ that are designed to measure __________ deficits, which they often fail to detect.
Answer :
1. information
2. digit span
3. WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
4. memory
10.
The ___________ is the innermost of the three _________.
(hint: think of what protects the brain)
Answer :
1. pia mater
2. meninges (membranes)
11.
Of the 12 cranial nerves, the _________ is the longest.
Answer : pair of vagus nerves
12.
When it comes to the mechanism of deactivation in the synapse, ____________ is a unique neurotransmitter.
Answer : acetylcholine
13.
If it were not for the efflux of __________ , the magnitude of action potentials would be much greater.
Answer : potassium (K+)
14.
Sensory relay nuclei are located in the __________, which is one of the two major parts of the _______________.
Answer :
1. thalamus
2. diencephalon
15.
Neurons without axons do not generate __________ potentials.
Answer : action
16.
The usual method of eliminating noise from an evoked potential is ______________.
Answer : signal averaging
17.
All adrenergic neurons contain two neurotransmitters in addition to the one that they release. These two neurotransmitters are ______________ and _______________.
Answer :
1. dopamine
2. norepinephrine
18.
The largest telencephalic subcortical structure that is visible in a midsagittal section of the human brain is the _______________.
Answer : corpus callosum
19.
Membrane potentials can be recorded only by _____________ recording.
Answer : intracellular unit
20.
On the inferior surface of the human brain is the X-shaped ____________.
Answer : optic chiasm
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