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| Removal or destruction of a portion of the brain of a lab animal |
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| Brain lesion produced by passing radio frequency current through a wire in the brain |
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| Lesion produced by an IC injection of an excitatory amino acid |
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| Can lesion particular groups of neurons with specific drugs |
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| Can use an anesthetic such as lidocaine to anesthetize part of the brain during a particular task |
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| -Brain surgery using a stereotaxic apparatus to position an electrode or cannula in a specified position of the brain |
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| -Holds the animal’s head rigidly in a 3-D coordinate system |
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| collection of drawings or sections of the brain with measurements that provide coordinates |
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| Computerized tomography (CT) |
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| -The use of device that employs a computer to analyze data obtained by a scanning beam of X-rays to produce a 2-D picture |
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| Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) |
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| technique used to image the interior of the body using the interaction between radio waves & a strong magnetic field |
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-Need to verify placement of lesion, electrode, or cannula
-Used to fix, slice, sectioning, ande examine the brain |
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| Aqueous solution of formaldehyde gas |
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| Instrument used to produce very thin slices of tissue |
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| - Used to see the fine details in the tissure |
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-Localization of the receptor
-Localization of a peptide or protein
-Localization of synthesizing enzyme |
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| -Localization of a radioactive ligand |
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-Labels cells bodies that give rise to terminal buttons that form synapses with cells in a particular region
1. Chemical taken up by terminal buttons
2. Tansported up to axon to the cell body
3. Use stain to reveal the chemical |
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-A recording of the electrical activity from a population of neurons
-Alpha waves: dominant during relaxation (eyes closed)
-Beta waves: dominant when awake & alert (eyes open)
Theta waves: seen in sleep (abnormal if seen in awake adults but normal in children up to 13yrs)
-Delta waves: dominant in stages 3 & 4 of sleep |
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-A fine electrode used to record activity of individual neurons
-Record while the animal is performing behavior |
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| -Nuclear protein produced during neural activation |
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| Positron emission tomography (PET) |
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| Use of a device that reveals the location of a radioactive tracer in a living brain |
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| Using MRI signal changes while people are performing tasks to assess areas that could be involved in that particular task performance. |
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| Genes that are mutated purposely to see how the animal behaves without it |
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| Method for examining the influence of heredity of a particular trait |
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| Chemical used to prepare and preserve body tissue |
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| Electroencephalogram (EEG) |
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A recording of the electrical activity from a population of neurons
-Alpha waves: Dominant during relaxation
-Beta waves: Awake and alert
-Theta waves: Sleep
-Dleta waves- Dominant in stages 3 and 4 of sleep |
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