Guide to research techniques in neuroscience.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Main Authors: Carter, Matt, 1978- (Author), Essner, Rachel (Author), Goldstein, Nitsan (Author), Iyer, Manasi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Academic Press, 2022.
Edition:Third edition. /
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
  • Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION
  • APPROACHES TO STUDYING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Examining Case Studies
  • Screens
  • Description
  • Manipulation
  • UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSCIENCE
  • 1
  • Noninvasive Brain Imaging
  • STRUCTURAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Computerized Tomography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • The Electromagnetic Basis of MRI Technology
  • Generating an Image.
  • Selecting a "Slice" of Brain to Image
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Positron Emission Tomography
  • Single-Proton Emission Computerized Tomography
  • Electroencephalography
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Optical Imaging
  • FUNCTIONAL IMAGING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
  • Planning the Experiment
  • Practical Considerations
  • Experimental Paradigm of a Functional Imaging Experiment
  • Task Paradigms
  • Pilot Experiments
  • Planning an Experiment that Uses Human Subjects
  • Conducting the Experiment.
  • Working With Human Subjects
  • Data Acquisition
  • Manipulating Neural Activity During an Experiment
  • Postexperimental Data Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Preparation of Figures
  • CONCLUSION
  • SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES
  • 2
  • Animal Behavior
  • CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING AND PERFORMING A BEHAVIORAL ASSAY
  • Choosing an Appropriate Model Organism
  • Choosing an Appropriate Behavioral Paradigm
  • Variability in Individuals
  • Using Animal Behavior as a Model for Human Behavior
  • RODENT BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS
  • Locomotor Activity
  • Running Wheel
  • Homecage Activity
  • Open Field Test.
  • Motor Coordination and Balance
  • Rotarod
  • Footprint Pattern Assay
  • Hanging Wire Assay
  • Vertical Pole Test
  • Sensory Function
  • Visual Cliff Assay
  • Startle Response Assay
  • Taste/Flavor Assays
  • Olfaction Assays
  • Nociception
  • Tail Flick Assay
  • Hargreaves Assay
  • Hot Plate Assay
  • Von Frey Assay
  • Formalin Assay
  • Spatial Learning and Memory
  • Morris Water Maze
  • Barnes Maze
  • Radial Arm Maze
  • Virtual Reality Mazes
  • Nonspatial Learning and Memory
  • Novel Object Recognition
  • Delayed Match to Sample/Nonmatch to Sample Task
  • Attention and Impulsivity
  • Go/No-go Task.
  • Five Choice Serial Reaction Time Task
  • Reward-Related Behaviors
  • Self-Administration
  • Conditioned Place Preference/Avoidance Assay
  • Real-Time Place Preference Assay
  • Social Behaviors
  • Resident-Intruder Assay
  • Social Approach/Avoidance
  • Anxiety
  • Open Field Test
  • Elevated Plus Maze
  • Defensive Marble Burying
  • Geller-Seifter Conflict Test
  • Depression
  • Forced Swim Test (Porsolt Test)
  • Tail Suspension Assay
  • Sucrose Preference Test
  • DROSOPHILA BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS
  • Locomotor Behavior
  • Flight
  • Sensory Function
  • Vision Assays
  • Olfaction Assays
  • Taste Assays.