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Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience

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Introduction to Behavioral NeuroscienceKey Terms

16.1 Principles of Homeostasis

Homeostasis, set point, allostasis, negative feedback, sensor, control system, effector system, unidirectional homeostatic system, bidirectional homeostatic system, autonomic nervous system, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, neuroendocrine system, behavior

16.2 Neural Control of Blood Oxygenation Levels

medullary respiratory control center (MRCC), medullary cardiovascular control center (MCCC)

16.3 Neural Control of Core Body Temperature

endotherms, ectotherms, thermoTRPs, pre-optic area (POA)

16.4 Neural Control of Feeding Behavior

anorexigenic, amylin, cholecystokinin (CCK), peptide YY (PYY), orexigenic, ghrelin, leptin, circumventricular organs, arcuate nucleus, agouti-related peptide (AgRP), pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), obesity, eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa

16.5 Neural Control of Drinking Behavior

osmosis, osmolarity, isotonic, hypertonic, hypotonic, subfornical organ (SFO), organ vasculosum of the lateral terminalis (OVLT), antidiuretic hormone (ADH), feed-forward mechanism
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