VISUAL SUBCORTICAL PATHWAY

Why would the visual subcortical pathway be considered important for perception and avoidance of harm?

AXONS

What is a 'target' and how does it exert an effect on axons at a distance? Can you give me examples of targets and the area of the cells that is targeted?

Brain techniques are listed.

Would the following techniques be suitable or unsuitable for the following experiment and, in each case, I give one reason to explain this decision: Techniques: i) autoradiography; ii) fMRI scan; iii) PET scan; vi) DBS; v) CT scan; vi) animal model Experiment: Some researchers want to do an experiment to identify precisely which areas of the living human brain are most active in participants who are trying to solve a mathematical problem.

fMRI

Can you tell me two similarities and two differences between the fMRI scan and an animal model?

I need a flow chart

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