The experimenter injects 2-DG into an animal and then exposes it to a new food. After the animal has been sacrificed, the brain is sliced and prepared for ____________ to determine what areas of the brain were activated.
A) autoradiography
B) microdialysis
C) functional imaging
D) positron emission tomography
E) immunocytochemistry

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Autoradiography is the technique of choice to determine which areas of the brain were activated after injecting 2-DG into an animal and exposing it to a new food. Autoradiography allows the visualization of the distribution of a radioactive substance in a section of tissue, which in this case would be 2-DG.

The Experimenter Injects 2-DG into an Animal and Then Exposes