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Emotion

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Subjective mental state, usually accompanied by distinctive behaviors as well as involuntary physiological changes

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Sympathetic Nervous System vs Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Sympathetic-fight or flight

Parasympathetic-relax and recouperate.

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Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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Sensory feedback from our facial expressions can affect our mood

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Brain self-stimulation

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Animals work to provide electrical stimulation to particular brain sites, presumably rewarding

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Medial Forebrain Bundle

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Collection of axons traveling in the midline region of the forebrain

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Nucleus accumbens

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Region of forebrain that receives dopaminergic innervation from the ventral tegmental area, often associated with reward and pleasurable sensations

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Decorticate rage

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“sham rage” sudden intense rage characterized by actions (snarling/biting) that lack clear direction

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Limbic system

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Nuclei of brain that innervate each other to form a network, implicated in emotions

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Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

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Condition brought about by bilateral amygdala damage, characterized by dramatic emotional changes including reduction in fear and anxiety.

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Medial Amygdala

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Portion of the amygdala that receives olfactory and pheromonal information

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Ventromedial Hypothalamus (VMH)

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A hypothalamic region involved in sexual behaviors, eating, and agression

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Optogenetics

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Use of lasers to excite or inhibit neurons expressing light-sensitive membrane channels, typically in transgenic mice

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Psychopath

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Individual incapable of experiencing remorse

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Stress

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Any circumstance that upsets homeostatic balance

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Adrenal medulla

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Inner core of the adrenal gland

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Epinephrine/Norepinephreine

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Epinephrine-acts as both a hormone and synaptic transmitter, secreted by adrenal medulla.
Norepinephreine-neurotransmitter produced and released by sympathetic postganglionic neuron to accelerate organ activity.

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Adrenal Cortex

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Steroid-secreting outer rind of the adrenal gland

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Adrenal steroid hormone

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A steroid hormone that is secreted by the adrenal cortex

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Cortisol

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A glucocortical stress hormone of the adrenal cortex

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Stress Immunization

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Concept: Mild stress early in life makes an individual better able to handle stress later in life

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Epigenetic regulation

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Changes in gene expression that are due to environmental effects rather than to changes in the nucleotide sequence of the gene

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Psychosomatic medicine

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A field of study that emphasizes the role of psychological factors in disease.

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Health Psychology

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Also called behavior medicine. Afield of study that focuses on psychological influences on health-related processes.

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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The study of the immune system and its interaction with the nervous system and behavior.