Richard Cooper's Science Outreaching

Listing of Experiments

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1. Raising prawns and monitoring behavior (Movie).
........ A. Can use to develop ethograms.
........ B. Can use to investigate social structure (aggressive and submissive behaviors).

2. Physiology

.... 2.1 Heart and ventalatory rates (Movie).
........ A. Can use for teaching how these rates vary for a hetrothermic animal with changes in temperature.
........ B. Can use for teaching sensitivity of the animal to various olfactory cues.
........ C. Can use to examine excitability during social interactions with other prawns or organisms.

..... 2.2. Measure sensory neurons to cuticular stimulation and integration of sensory neurons within the central nervous system. (Movies: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).

.........A. Can also be used to examine effects of various chemical on neuronal function, such as insecticides and endogenous neuromodulators (serotonin, octopamine, dopamine).

.........B. Can also examine the effects of temperature on neuronal function.

.... 2.3 Neuromuscular Physiology

.......... 2.3.1 Record resting membrane potential and effects of ions / Stimulate motor neurons and record evoked synaptic responses (Movie).

.......... 2.3.2 Record evoked synaptic responses derived from sensory stimulation:Properties of a neural circuit (Movie).

.... 2.4 Conduction velocity of neurons (Movie).

.... 2.5 GI physiology (Movie).

3. Closing remarks (Movie).

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