PSYCH 3240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Diffusion Mri, Electrical Brain Stimulation
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Although conventional x-ray photography is not useful for visualizing. Cerebral angiography uses the infusion of a radio-opaque dye into a. Prior to the early 1970s, biopsychological research was impeded by. Part one: methods of studying the nervous system. Methods of visualizing and stimulating the living human brain the inability to obtain images of the organ of primary interest: the living human brain. Contrast x-rays the brain, contrast x-ray techniques are. Contrast x-ray techniques involve injecting into one compartment of the body a substance that absorbs x-rays either less than or more than the surrounding tissue. cerebral artery to visualize the cerebral circulatory system during x-ray photography. Cerebral angiograms are most useful for localizing vascular damage, but the displacement of blood vessels from their normal position also can indicate the location of a tumor. X-ray computed tomography that can be used to visualize the brain and other internal structures of the living body.