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Neuroscience methods 2 Flashcards

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What is a T1 image

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An image of brain anatomy.

Resolved from an MRI when hydrogen protons return to normal magnetism

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What is DTI used for

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Mapping white matter & brain connectivity

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What is fMRI used for

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Mapping brain activation

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What is MRS used for

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Mapping metabloic activity

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How does TMS work?

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A coil induces a magnetic field that induces an electrical field in the brain and causes ells to fire

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What is TMS

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Trans-magnetic stimulation.

A non-invasive method of stimulating cortical tissues by administration of a brief magnetic pulse to the scalp

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What is BOLD

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Blood Oxygen level dependence.

A measure of ration of oxygenated to deoxygenated blood

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What is a T2 image

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An image of connectivity through the fluid (CSF) in the brain resolved when the hydrogen protons relax their spinning

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Does EEG have better spatial or temporal resolution

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Temporal

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10
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Does fMRI have better spatial or temporal resolution

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Spatial

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What connections does fMRI measure

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functional connections between brain regions

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What connections does DTI measure

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Structural connections between brain regions

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What is temporal resolution

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The time course of various neural events

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What is spatial resolution

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Ability to discern elementary units of activated brain networks

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15
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Who should not use TMS

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  • People with a history of seizures
  • People with metal in the head
  • People with history of serious head injury
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16
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Explain the trade-off in network connectivity in the brain

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Regular networks have low metabolic cost but low efficiency

Random networks have high metabolic cost but high high efficiency

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17
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What is spatial normalisation

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Averaging out individual differences in brain structure

18
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What is a limitation of voxel-based morphology

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Limited to locating abnormalities. Can not explain them (e.g. neurons or synapse loss)

19
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Are tracts in DTI axons?

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No, they are estimates of the trajectory of a fiber pathway

20
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What are explanations for variation in tract diffusion in DTI?

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  • altered fibre integrity/myelin
  • altered organisation
  • noise
21
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What is a limitation of DTI

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  • not a direct physiological meaningful measure of connectivity
  • cannot distinguish efferent/afferent connection
22
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What does DTI measure

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Water diffusion in the brain

- anisotropic diffusion along axons

23
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What is radial diffusivity?

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Less diffusion - an index of myelin integriy

24
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What is axial diffusivity?

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Breakdown of fibre organisation

25
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What are the limitations of fMRI?

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  • BOLD response may reflect neuronal exhitation/inhibition or a combination
  • BOLD response is much slower than neuronal activity
26
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What is does fMRI measure

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The ratio of oxygenated to deoxygenated blood

27
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What is a block design?

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Trial with a condition are presented together

28
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What is a event-related design?

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Randomised presentation of trials

29
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Which has higher power: block or event-related design

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Block

30
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What have animal studies revealed about the BOLD measure

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It is correlated with input into a brain region (local field potential) not output (multi unit activity)

31
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What does resting state fMRI measure

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Brain activity in the absence of a task

32
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How much energy consumption is from base activity in the brain?

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80%

33
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How long does it take for the brain to return to baseline after task

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Up to 15 minutes

34
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What is a connectome

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A comprehensive map of neural connections

35
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What is graph theory

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A mathmatical field that looks at how networks interact with each other

36
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What neurotransmitter is involved with TMS measurement of cortical inhibition

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GABA

37
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In TMS, what frequency is used to create a virtual lesion

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1Hz

38
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In TMS, what frequency is used to enhance brain activity

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5Hz or greater

39
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What is the therapeutic application of TMS to schizophrenia

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An inhibitory pulse is used to treat auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

40
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What is the therapeutic application of TMS to depression

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An excitation pulse is used for treatment resistant depression

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