PSY 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Autopsy, Neuroglia, Immunocytochemistry
27 Oct 2016
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Review of the imaging of animal brain from lesson 11******** Cresyl violet- stains every cell purple to count number of cells. You can see layers of cortex. (schizophrenia----cells missing) Used in humans particularly in neurological diseases for example parkinson"s and epilepsy. Immunocytochemistry- using specific antibody for a specific cell. We can do both living and postmortem studies* Control- if you are balancing someone with an illness and someone who is well, you have to have control so that there is meaning. Control for: gender- (hormone differences) autism occurs more in males than females*, age- number of synaptic connections changes. Most number of synaptic connections is at the age of 2. Different types of loss with age. serotonin decreases with age. **parkinson"s disease(accelerated loss of dopaminerapid loss: diet- some enzymes found in food that change your brain chemistry. And liqurious affects brain chemistry and so does ginger.
