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UTA Brain and Behavior exam 2which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the "wanting of drug addiction? -
answerDopamine
where are the mesolimbic dopamine neurons - answerventral tegmental area
which area is thought to be responsible for habit formation in addiction? -
answerstriatum
which is thought to be most responsible for the pleasurable feeling associated with drug
use? - answeropioid system
which is considered the master gland? - answerpituitary
which category of hormones would be responsible for regulating salt levels? -
answerhomeostatic
which category of hormones prepares your body to deal with stress? -
answerglucocorticoid
which category of hormones help regulate blood glucose levels? - answerhomeostatic
Increasing in insulin levels in a healthy person would - answerdecrease blood glucose
in diabetes mellitus, low insulin levels results in - answerhyperglycemia
the fast-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone? -
answerepinephrine
the slow-acting stress response is associated with the release of what hormone? -
answercortisol
which brain area is important for down-regulating the stress response? -
answerhippocampus
what can result from chronic high stress? - answerobesity and depression, heart
disease, inflammation
, which describes a GABA agonist? - answerdrug that increase the opening of the
GAGAa receptor
which is a norepinephrine antagonist? - answerdrug that increase norepinephrine
degradation
which is a glutamate agonist? - answerdrug that increase Ca+ in glutamate presynaptic
terminals
language acquisition is mostly complete by age - answer12
gene methylation - answerincreases expression
based on performance of the concurrent discrimination task and the non matching to
sample task - answerbasal ganglila matures first
learning by trial and error (concurrent discrimination task) relies on which brain area? -
answerbasal ganglia
during maturation, many areas of cortex get ________ because of pruning (except
language areas) - answerthinner
cats raised in an environment with only horizontal lines during development will -
answernot see vertical lines
the nonmatching to sample task relies on which brain area - answertemporal lobe
which brain area is known to produce new neurons throughout life? -
answerhippocampus
gene methylation - answerdecrease expression
which grow faster during development? - answeraxons
which area has dopamine neurons? - answerventral tegmental area
in addiction - answerwanting increases and liking decreases
which is a serotonin antagonist? - answerdrug that reduces presynaptic Ca__
where are the photoreceptors - answerretina
what causes the image projection to be flipped on the retina? - answerlens
what is at the center of the eye's visual field and has a high density of photoreceptors? -
answerfovea
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