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| A device that allows a researcher to freeze and slice a brain. |
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| A brain lesion can be used to simulate a ______ while an aspriation can be used to simulate a ______. |
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| The type of staining one would you use to view cell bodies (somas). |
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| The type of staining one would you use to view myelin. |
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| The type of staining one would you use to view a cell's membrane. |
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| A way that allows a scientist to view a high resolution 3D image of a cell. |
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| _______ tracing allows one to detrmine the pathway of where a signal goes while _______ tracing allows one to determine where a signal came from. |
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| A way of recording the surface activity of many neurons. |
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| True or False. Long term observations of brain activity are said to be acute. |
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| False. Chronic observation is long term. |
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| True or False. A subject undergoing acute brain monitoring is usually unconscious. |
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| True or False. EEG is considered a microelectrode method of monitoring brain activity. |
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| False. It is a macroelectrode method. |
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| The method used to record electrical activity of single neurons. |
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| glass or metal microelectrodes |
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| The method used to record electrical activeity of regions of the brain. |
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| The method used to record magnetic fields induced by neural activity. |
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| The four methods used to record metabolic activity of regions of the brain. |
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| 2 DG autoradiography; fos protien; 2DG PET scan; functional MRI. |
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| Method of measuring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators released by neurons. |
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| The method used to measure neurochemicals in the living brain moment by moment. |
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| Three ways in which to stimulate neural activity. |
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| electrical; chemical; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
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| In nature vs nurture, nature refers to ______ while nurture refers to ______. |
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| genitics, learned or aquired behavior |
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| Getting rid of neurons that are not needed is called... |
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