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ETHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR IN ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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MORGAN'S CANNON
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RULE THAT THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION FOR A BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION SHOULD BE GIVEN PRECEDENCE
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LEUCOTOME
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ANY OF THE VARIOUS SURGICAL DEVICES USED FOR PERFORMING LOBOTOMIES
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TRANSORBITAL LOBOTOMY
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A PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMY PERFORMED WITH A CUTTING INSTRUMENT INSERTED THROUGH EYE SOCKET
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ZEITGEIST
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GENERAL INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE OF A CULTURE
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INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIORS
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BEHAVIORS THAT OCCUR IN ALL LIKE MEMBERS OF A SPECIES, EVEN WHEN THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE BEEN LEARNED
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ASOMATOGNOSIA
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DEFICIENCY IN AWARENESS OF PARTS OF ONE'S OWN BODY
DUE TO DAMAGE TO RIGHT PARIETAL LOBE |
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CHORDATES
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ANIMALS WITH DORSAL NERVE CORDS
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VERTEBRATES
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CHORDATES THAT POSSES SPINAL BONES
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EXAPTATIONS
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CHARACTERISTICS EVOLVED TO PERFORM ONE FUNCTION AND WERE LATER CO-OPTED TO PERFORM ANOTHER
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CONVOLUTIONS
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FOLDS ON CEREBRAL SURFACE
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POLYGYNY
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ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH ONE MALE FORMS MATING BONDS WITH MORE THAN ONE FEMALE
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POLYANDRY
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ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH ONE FEMALE FORMS MATING BONDS WITH MORE THAN ONE MALE
DOES NOT OCCUR IN MAMMALS |
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DICHOTOMOUS TRAITS
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TRAITS THAT OCCUR IN ONE FORM OR THE OTHER, NEVER IN COMBINATION
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ENHANCERS
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STRETCHES OF DNA WHOSE FUNCTION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER PARTICULAR STRUCTURAL GENES INITIATE THE SYNTHESIS OF PROTEINS AND AT WHAT RATE
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EPIGENETICS
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STUDY OF MECHANISMS THAT INFLUENCE EXPRESSION OF GENES WITHOUT CHANGING THE GENES THEMSELVES
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MONOALLELIC EXPRESSION
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A MECHANISM OF GENE EXPRESSION THAT INACTIVATES ONE GENE OF A PAIR OF ALLELES AND ALLOW THE OTHER GENE OF THE PAIR TO BE EXPRESSED
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ONTOGENY
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DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALS OVER THEIR LIFE SPAN
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PHYLOGENY
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EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIES THROUGH THE AGES
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PHENYLKETONURIA
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NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER HOSE SYMPTOMS ARE VOMITING, SEIZURES, HYPERACTIVITY, HYPER IRRITABILITY, MENTAL RETARDATION, BRAIN DAMAGE, AND HIGH LEVELS OF PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID IN URINE
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MULTIPLIER EFFECT
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WHEN A PARTICULAR GENE ENCOURAGES A DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL TO SELECT EXPERIENCES THAT INCREASE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF GENE
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CRANCIAL NERVES
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12 PAIRS OF NERVES EXTENDING FROM THE BRAIN
OPITC NERVES, OLFACTORY NERVES, VAGUS NERVES |
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MENINGES
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DURAL MATER, ARACHNOID MEMBRANE, PIA MATER
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DURA MATER
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TOUGH MEMBRANE
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ARACHNOID MEMBRANE
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SPIDER LIKE MEMBRANE INSIDE DURA MATER
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SUBARACHNOID SPACE
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SPACE BENEATH ARACHNOID MEMBRANE CONTAINING MANY LARGE BLOOD VESSELS AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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PIA MATER
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DELICATE MENINX THAT ADHERES TO SURFACE OF CNS
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CHOROID PLEXUSES
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NETWORKS OF CAPILLARIES THAT PROTRUDE INTO VENTRICLES FROM PIA MATER
PRODUCES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
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NUCLEI
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CLUSTERS OF CELL BODIES IN CNS
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GANGLIA
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CLUSTERS OF CELL BODIES IN PNS
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TRACTS
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BUNDLES OF AXONS IN CNS
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NERVES
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BUNDLES OF AXONS IN PNS
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CLASSES OF GLIAL CELLS
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OLIGODENDROCYTES
SCHWANN CELLS ASTROCYTES MICROGLIA |
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INTERNEURONS
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NEURONS IWTH A SHORT AON OR NO AXON AT ALL
INTEGRATE NEURAL ACTIVITY WITHIN A SINGLE BRAIN STRUCTURE DOES NTO CONDUCT SIGNALS FROM ONE STRUCTURE TO ANOTHER |
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OLIGODENDROCYTES
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GLIAL CELLS WITH EXTENSION SHTAT WRAP AROUND THE AXONS OF SOME NEURONS IN CNS
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SCHWANN CELLS
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GLIAL CELLS THAT COMPOSE THE MYELIN SHEATHS OF PNS AONS AND PROMOTE THEIR REGENERATION
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MICROGLIA
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SMALL GLIAL CELLS THAT RESPOND TO INJURY OR DISEASE BY MULTIPLYING, ENGULFING CELLULAR DEBRIS, AND TRIGGERING INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES
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ASTROCYTES
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LARGEST GLIAL CELLS
STAR SHAPED SOME ASTROCYTE EXTENSIONS COVER OUTER SURFACES OF BLOOD VESSELS, ALLOWING PASSAGE OF CHEMICALS FORM BLOOD INTO CNS NEURONS OR BLOCKING THEM |
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GOLGI STAIN
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A NEURAL STAIN THAT COMPLETELY DARKENS A FEW OF THE NEURONS IN EACH SLICE OF TISSUE, THEREBY REVEALING THEIR SILHOUETTES
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NSSL STAIN
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A NEURAL STAIN THAT HAS AN AFFINITY FOR STRUCTURES IN NEURON CELL BODIES
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ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
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NEUROANATAOMICAL TECHNIQUE USED TO STUDY THE FINE DETAILS OF CELLULAR STRUCTURE
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ANTERIOR
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TOWARDS NOSE END
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POSTERIOR
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TOWARDS TAIL END
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DORSAL
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TOWARDS SURFACE OF BACK OR TOP OF THE HEAD
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VENTRAL
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TOWARD THE SURFACE OF THE CHEST OR BOTTOM OF HEAD
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MEDIAL
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TOWARD MIDLINE OF BODY
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LATERAL
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AWAY FROM MIDLINE TOWARDS SIDE
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ANTEROGRADE TRACING METHODS
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TRACING PATHS OF AONS PROJECTING WAY FROM CELL BODIES OF PARTICULAR AREA
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RETROGRADE TRACING METHODS
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TRACING PATHS OF AXONS PROJECTING INTO PARTICULAR AREA
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SUPERIOR
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TOP OF HEAD
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INFERIOR
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BOTTOM OF HEAD
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GRAY MATTER
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CELL BODIES AND UNMYELINATED INTERNEURONS
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WHITE MATTER
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MYELINATED AXONS
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DORSAL HORNS
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DORSAL ARMS OF SPINAL GRAY MATTER
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VENTRAL HORNS
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VENTRAL ARMS OF SPINL GRAY MATTER
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DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
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STRUCTURES JUST OUTSIDE THE SPINAL CORD THAT ARE COMPOSED OF THE CELL BDOIES OF DORSAL ROOT AXONS
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MYELENCEPHALON
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MEDULLA
COMPOSED OF TRACTS CARRYING SIGNALS BETWEEN THE REST OF THE BRAIN AND THE BODY ORIGIN OF RETICULAR FORMATION |
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METENCEPHALON
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COMPOSED OF CEREBELLUM AND PONS
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MESENCEPHALON
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COMPOSED OF TECTUM AND TEGMENTUM
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TECTUM
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DORSAL SURFACE OF MIDBRAIN
INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR COLLICULI |
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INFERIOR COLLICULI
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AUDITORY FUNCTION
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SUPERIOR COLLICULI
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VISUAL FUNCTION
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TEGMENTUM
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CONTAINS RETICULAR FORMATION AND TRACTS OF PASSAGE
PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY, SUBSTANTIA NIGRA, RED NUCLEUS |
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PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY
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GRAY MATTER SITUATED AROUND CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT
MEDIATES ANALGESIC EFFECTS OF OPIATE DRUGS |
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CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT
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DUCT CONNECTING THIRD AND FORTH VENTRICLES
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DIENCEPHALON
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COMPOSED OF THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS
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THALAMUS
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LARGE, TWO LOBED STRUCTURE THAT CONSITUTUES THE TOP OF THE BRAIN STEM
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MASSA INTERMEDIA
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JOINS THE TWO LOBS OF THE THALAMUS
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OPTIC CHIASM
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POIINT AT WHICH THE OPTIC NERVES FROM EACH EYE COME TOGETHER
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DECUSSATE
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CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRAIN
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CONTRALATERAL
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PROJECTING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BODY TO THE OTHER
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IPSILATERAL
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STAYING ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BODY
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MAMMILLARY BODIES
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CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF HYPOTHALAMUS
PAIR OF SPHERICAL NUCLEI LOCATED ON TEH INFERIOR SURFACE OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS |
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TELENCEPHALON
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CEREBRUM
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FISSURES
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LARGE FURROS IN CONVOLUTED CORTEX
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SULCI
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SMALL FURROWS IN CONVOLUTED CORTEX
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GYRI
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RIDGES BETWEEN FISSURES AND SULCI
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LONGITUDINAL FISSURE
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SEPARATES HEMISPHERES
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CEREBRAL COMMISSURES
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TRACTS SPANNING THE LONGITUDINAL FISSURE
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CENTRAL FISSURE
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DIVIDES FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL FROM PARIETAL AND OCCIPITAL
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LATERAL FISSURE
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SEPARATES FRONTAL AND PARIETAL FROM OCCIPITAL AND TEMPORAL
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PRECENTRAL GYRI
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FRONTAL LOBE
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POSTCENTRAL GYRI
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PARIETAL LOBE
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SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRI
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TEMPORAL LOBE
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PYRAMIDIAL CELLS
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LARGE MULTIPOLAR NEURONS WITH PYRAMID SHAPED CELL BODIES WITH A LARGE DENDRITE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE APEX OF THE PYRAMID STRAIGHT TOWARD THE CORTEX SURFACE
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STELLATE CELLS
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SMALL STAR SHAPED INTERNEURONS
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COLUMNAR ORGANIZATION
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NEURONS IN A GIVEN VERTICAL COLUMN OF NEOCORTEX OFTEN FORM A MINI CIRCUIT THAT PERFORMS A SINGLE FUNCTION
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CINGULATE CORTEX
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LARGE STRIP OF CORTEX IN CINGULATE GYRUS ON MEDIAL SURFACE OF CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES
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FORNIX
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MAJOR TRACT OF LIMBIC SYSTEM
ENCIRCLING DORSAL THALAMUS |
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SEPTUM
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MIDLINE NUCLEUS LOCATED AT ANTERIOR TIP OF CINGULATE CORTEX
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BASAL GANGLIA
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A COLLECTION OF SUBCORTICAL NUCLEI THAT HAVE IMPORTANT MOTOR FUNCTIONS
STRIATUM AND GOLBUS PALLIDUS |
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PUTAMEN
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CENTER OF EACH CAUDATE
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CAUDATE
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TAIL LIKE STRUCTURE THAT IS PART OF STRIATUM
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