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31 Cards in this Set
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Computerized Tomography (CT) |
imaging technology in which computers are used to enhance x-rays |
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) |
Imaging technology that provides information regarding localization of brain activity |
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
Imaging technique that provides very high resolution structural images |
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Behavioral Neuroscience/BioPsych |
Study of bodily foundations of actions, emotions and mental processes |
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Functional MRI (fMRI) |
Technology using a series of high resolution imaging to assess brain activity |
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Mind-Body Dualism |
Philisophical perspective by Descartes that mental phenomena is non-physical |
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Monism |
Philisophical perspective of neurosciences in which the mind is viewed as a product of brain activity |
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Phrenology |
Misguided effort to correlate character traits with bumps in the skull |
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Histology |
Study of cells and tissues at microscopic level |
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Microtome |
Device used to make very thin slices of tissue for histology |
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Golgi Stain |
Stain developed by Camillo Golgi used to observe single neurons |
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Nissl Stain |
Stain used to view populations of cell bodies |
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Myelin Stain |
Stain used to trace neural pathways |
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Horseradish Peroxidase |
Stain used to trace axon pathways from their terminals to points of origin |
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Optical Imaging |
Method for preparing a brain for examination that liteally makes it transparent |
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Voxel |
Smallest distinguishable box-shaped part of a 3D-image |
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) |
Use of MRI technology to trace fiber pathways in the brain by tracking water flow |
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) |
Recording of the brain's electrical activity through electrodes placed on the scalp |
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Event-Related Potential (ERP) |
Technique used to correlate brain activity recorded through scalp electrodes with stimuli |
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG) |
Technology for recording magnetic output of the brain |
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Single-Cell Recording |
Measure of the activity of individual neurons through microelectrodes implanted in the area of interest |
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Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rtms) |
Technique used for temporarily changing brain activity immediately below administered pulses |
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Optogenetics |
technique rhat allows activity of neurons to be controlled by light |
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Lesion |
Pathological/traumatic tissue damage |
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Ablation |
Surgical removal of tissue |
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Microdialysis |
Technique for assessing chemical composition of a very small area of the brain |
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Concordance Rate |
Statistical probability that two cases will agree |
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Heritability |
Amount that a trait varies in a population due to genetics |
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Genetic Screen |
Method for correlating genotypes and phenotypes |
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Knockout Gene |
Gene used to replace a normanl gene that doesn't produce the protien product of a normal gene |
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Neuroscience |
Scientific study of the brain and nervous system in health and disease |
