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WorksheetsModern neuroscience techniques
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 14mins
A drug that reduces anxiety is known as an ______drug
Anxiolytic
Anxiogenic
Antipsychotic
Antidepressant
The ______ model of mental illness explains that disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia are caused by chemical imbalances, genetic problems, brain damage or dysfunction, or some combination of those causes.
biological
psychodynamic
naturalistic
cognitive-behavorial
Excessive or unrealistic fearfulness and worry are characteristic of ______.
mood disorders
dissociative neurosis
anxiety disorders
amnesia
What is optogenetics?
Gene therapy for inheritable eye disorders and blindness
Optogenetics describes the study of the genetics of vision
The use of light to control neurons that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels
The use of light to control neurons that have been genetically modified to release light-sensitive neurotransmitters
What does the acronym CRISPR stand for?
Controlled Reservative Image Spectacle Palindromic Recounts
Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CRISPR can edit DNA. What organisms naturally has CRISPR?
Viruses
Humans
Plants
Bacteria
What does the cas9 protein do?
Prevents viruses from entering bacteria
Cut RNA
Cut DNA
Binds to RNA
In order to model depression in a mouse, a common technique is
open field test
tail suspension test
stop signal test
olfactory discrimination
In order to model anxiety in a mouse, a commonly used test is:
elevated plus maze
tail suspension test
forced swim test
social challenge test
