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Confocal laser scanning microscopy
The procedure can be used to visualize living brain cells.
One of the oldest methods used in neuroscience to study brain function is __________.
experimental ablation
The term __________ is a common name for a device used to display changes in voltage recorded from the scalp over time.
polygraph
Which term means moving backward?
Retrograde
Single cell is to __________ as brain region is to __________.
microelectrodes; macroelectrodes
Area X is believed to be the area of the brain that controls drinking behavior; however, the area is also a common spot for axons of passage. Which would be the best ablation method?
excitotoxic lesion
Which of the following is true of the fMRI technique?
fMRI scans have a better spatial resolution than do PET scans.
A transmitter such as acetylcholine can be localized in the brain by __________.
detecting the enzyme that produces acetylcholine
In the __________ technique, a modified strand of RNA or DNA binds with specific molecules of mRNA, thereby preventing the protein encoded by the mRNA from being produced.
antisense oligonucleotide
The brain imaging method with the best spatial resolution is __________.
fMRI