MCELLBI C61 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aphasia, Incus, Torsten Wiesel
16 Dec 2014
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Be familiar with adx" (adrenalectomy) rats experiment: took out adrenal gland in rats, without corticosterone, the hippocampus dies, trained rats to be familiar with one object, when put with the familiar object and a new object, normal rats examined the new object while adx rats chose an object at random. Classic patients (like broca"s tan and hm: broca"s tan broca"s aphasia, only say one word, understand language, can"t speak it, hm removed part of brain to treat epilepsy; large part of the hippocampus; can"t form new memories. Landmark learning ignore room cues and find platform using cue on pool wall: brain stimulation neurosurgery, electrodes implanted to low voltage areas to stimulate them, transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) wire coil placed against the skull to stimulate brain, ct scan computerized tomography, 2d, static image of brain, xray; tumors, strokes foreign objects, mri/fmri/dti.
