Unit 1 - Brain and Behavior

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