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| What are the 3 types of brain lesions? |
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Ablation (removal), electrical current, chemical lesion
-1st two destroy cell bodies & axons
-3rd destroys only cell bodies |
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| Chemical lesion produced by the injection of an excitatory amino acid |
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| A placebo procedure that duplicates all the steps of a lesion, except for the one that actually causes brain damage |
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| Device that puts an electrode or cannula into the brain |
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| Taken up by dendrites/cell bodies -> axon terminals (outputs) |
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| Taken up by axon terminals -> cell bodies |
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| Proteins that bind to their target (antigen) w/ great specificity |
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| What can we use immunocytochemistry for? |
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| To identify/localize NT, enzymes, & receptors/transporters |
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| Computerized tomography (CT) |
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| 2D picture of a slice through the body |
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| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
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| 3D- radio waves/strong magnetic field |
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| Records activity of a single neuron |
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| The recording of the electrical activity of a single neuron |
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| Records the activity of large numbers of neurons in a particular region of the brain |
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| Electroencephalogram (EEG) |
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| Measures large scale brain activity-millions of neurons |
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| A radioactive sugar that enters cells, but is not metabolized |
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| Procedure that locates radioactive substances in a slice of tissue |
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| Measures activity, not just structure |
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| A protein produced in the nucleus of a neuron in response to stimulation of a synapse |
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| Procedure for analyzing chemicals in the extracellular fluid |
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| Tube used to inject small amounts of a drug into the brain |
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| What are the four types of experiments? |
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Necessity
Block
Mimic
Measure |
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| Blocking B should block C |
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| Activating B should cause C |
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