Techniques
This technique is used to study both brain anatomy and neural function, and can also locate tumours.
PET scan, Event Related Potentials (ERP), or MRI?
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The small metal disk that is attached to the skull to detect activity during an EEG.
What is an electrode.
In a CT scan, when a lesion is spotted it tends to be a darker shade of grey
True.
This technique is used to study metabolic activity in brain cells, such as language.
fMRI, PET scan, or Angiography?
What is a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan.
What individuals are usually injected with prior to a PET scan.
What is a radioactive substance.
MRI’s can measure changes in blood flow that exceed tissues needed for oxygen.
False. That is functional MRIs (fMRI).
This technique is used therapeutically to treat depression, OCD, and helps improve cognition and movement in Parkinson's patients.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), or Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
What is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
The substance that is injected into the bloodstream prior to an angiography.
What is Radiopaque.
Event Related Potentials (ERP) focus on unrelated electrical activity, as it may signal some unexpected activity they may not be looking for.
False. It focuses on specific electrical signals in response to a stimuli.
This technique is used to diagnose diseases such as Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, as well as concussions.
Optical Tomography, CT scan, or Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)?
What is Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS).
One of the methods of Optical Tomography (OT) used to help construct an image of the brain function based on light intensity difference from blood flow.
What is functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNRI).
The Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) technique is a highly invasive technique as it penetrates through the skull.
False. It is a non-invasive technique that allows brain stimulation through the skull.
This technique helps detect brain activity by detecting high or low magnetic fields on the skull.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), or Magnetoencephalography (MEG)?
What is Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
This device is usually placed on top of the skull during transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to allow brain stimulation through the skull.
What is the figure 8 shape coil.
DTI creates virtual images of the brain’s nerve fiber pathways and connectivity.
True