UTA BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the "wanting of drug
addiction? Ans✓✓✓Dopamine
where are the mesolimbic dopamine neurons Ans✓✓✓ventral tegmental
area
which area is thought to be responsible for habit formation in addiction?
Ans✓✓✓striatum
which is thought to be most responsible for the pleasurable feeling
associated with drug use? Ans✓✓✓opioid system
which is considered the master gland? Ans✓✓✓pituitary
which category of hormones would be responsible for regulating salt
levels? Ans✓✓✓homeostatic
which category of hormones prepares your body to deal with stress?
Ans✓✓✓glucocorticoid
which category of hormones help regulate blood glucose levels?
Ans✓✓✓homeostatic
,Increasing in insulin levels in a healthy person would Ans✓✓✓decrease
blood glucose
in diabetes mellitus, low insulin levels results in
Ans✓✓✓hyperglycemia
the fast-acting stress response is associated with the release of what
hormone? Ans✓✓✓epinephrine
the slow-acting stress response is associated with the release of what
hormone? Ans✓✓✓cortisol
which brain area is important for down-regulating the stress response?
Ans✓✓✓hippocampus
what can result from chronic high stress? Ans✓✓✓obesity and
depression, heart disease, inflammation
which describes a GABA agonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase the
opening of the GAGAa receptor
which is a norepinephrine antagonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase
norepinephrine degradation
, which is a glutamate agonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase Ca+ in
glutamate presynaptic terminals
language acquisition is mostly complete by age Ans✓✓✓12
gene methylation Ans✓✓✓increases expression
based on performance of the concurrent discrimination task and the non
matching to sample task Ans✓✓✓basal ganglila matures first
learning by trial and error (concurrent discrimination task) relies on
which brain area? Ans✓✓✓basal ganglia
during maturation, many areas of cortex get ________ because of
pruning (except language areas) Ans✓✓✓thinner
cats raised in an environment with only horizontal lines during
development will Ans✓✓✓not see vertical lines
the nonmatching to sample task relies on which brain area
Ans✓✓✓temporal lobe
which brain area is known to produce new neurons throughout life?
Ans✓✓✓hippocampus
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
which neurotransmitter is primarily involved in the "wanting of drug
addiction? Ans✓✓✓Dopamine
where are the mesolimbic dopamine neurons Ans✓✓✓ventral tegmental
area
which area is thought to be responsible for habit formation in addiction?
Ans✓✓✓striatum
which is thought to be most responsible for the pleasurable feeling
associated with drug use? Ans✓✓✓opioid system
which is considered the master gland? Ans✓✓✓pituitary
which category of hormones would be responsible for regulating salt
levels? Ans✓✓✓homeostatic
which category of hormones prepares your body to deal with stress?
Ans✓✓✓glucocorticoid
which category of hormones help regulate blood glucose levels?
Ans✓✓✓homeostatic
,Increasing in insulin levels in a healthy person would Ans✓✓✓decrease
blood glucose
in diabetes mellitus, low insulin levels results in
Ans✓✓✓hyperglycemia
the fast-acting stress response is associated with the release of what
hormone? Ans✓✓✓epinephrine
the slow-acting stress response is associated with the release of what
hormone? Ans✓✓✓cortisol
which brain area is important for down-regulating the stress response?
Ans✓✓✓hippocampus
what can result from chronic high stress? Ans✓✓✓obesity and
depression, heart disease, inflammation
which describes a GABA agonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase the
opening of the GAGAa receptor
which is a norepinephrine antagonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase
norepinephrine degradation
, which is a glutamate agonist? Ans✓✓✓drug that increase Ca+ in
glutamate presynaptic terminals
language acquisition is mostly complete by age Ans✓✓✓12
gene methylation Ans✓✓✓increases expression
based on performance of the concurrent discrimination task and the non
matching to sample task Ans✓✓✓basal ganglila matures first
learning by trial and error (concurrent discrimination task) relies on
which brain area? Ans✓✓✓basal ganglia
during maturation, many areas of cortex get ________ because of
pruning (except language areas) Ans✓✓✓thinner
cats raised in an environment with only horizontal lines during
development will Ans✓✓✓not see vertical lines
the nonmatching to sample task relies on which brain area
Ans✓✓✓temporal lobe
which brain area is known to produce new neurons throughout life?
Ans✓✓✓hippocampus
