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What is experimental ablation?
What is the assumption that experimental ablation makes?
What is a lesion study?
What are the goals of experimental ablation?
What is a consideration of experimental ablation?
What are the different ways in which researchers produce lesions?
What is an RF lesion?
What is an excitotoxic lesion?
What is a selective lesion?
What is a reversible lesion?
What is stereotaxic surgery?
What is the function of an electrode in stereotaxic surgery?
What is a cannula?
What is a stereotaxic apparatus used for?
What is a reference point?
What is the stereotaxic atlas?
What is the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures of the skull called?
Which group of humans allows us the opportunity to study the human brain?
How do we observe the behavioral effects of brain damage?
What is the goal of studying human brains?
What is a consideration in studying the human brain?
Which 2 imaging methods are used to study the human brain?
What is a CT scan?
What is an MRI?
What is a histological method?
What are the uses of histological methods?
Why do we need to preserve brain tissue in order to study the brain?
What is a fixative?
What is a microtome used for?
What is the purpose of staining?
How are brain lesions verified?
What 2 processes are used to identify neurons that contain a particular type of receptor?
What is immunocytochemistry?
What is autoradiography?
What process is used in identifying neurons that produce a particular neurotransmitter?
What is involved in the process of immunocytochemistry?
What is anterograde labeling?
How does anterograde labeling work?
What is PHA-L?
What is retrograde labeling?
How does retrograde labeling work?
What is fluorogold?
What is the goal of tracing neural pathways?
What are the considerations in tracing neural pathways?
What method is used to record neural activity?
What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
How is an EEG taken?
Which 4 waves associated with different stages of awareness during an EEG?
On which population is single-cell recording performed?
What is the purpose of a microelectrode?
How can we record firing rate?
When are single-cell recordings done?
What else is activated when neurons are?
Which protein is produced as a result of neural activation?
What does Fos labelling tell us?
What is immunohistochemistry?
How is metabolic activity recorded in living people?
What is a PET scan?
What is an fMRI?
Which method has better resolution: PET or fMRI?
What genetic methods are used in neuroscience?
What are "knock out mice"?
What are twin studies used for?
How are twin studies performed?
What is a concordance rate in twin studies?
What are adoption studies used for?
How are adoption studies done?
