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Bio 380 section 004 / Bio650 / Bio476 Neurophysiology Lab Spring 2015 Tues - 2:00 to 3:15 PM Lecture Thurs - 1:00 to 3:50 PM Lab see poster about course (download ppt) |
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Spring 2015:
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Dr.
Robin L. Cooper RLCOOP1@email.uky.edu Office: Biology, rm 226 Tel: 257-5950 Office Hours: email for appt. WWW Home page (go to) |
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Douglas Potts Graduate student at UK |
work together Focus on what you are doing so I do not have to do this to you: See movie. |
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Zana R. Majeed Graduate student in Biology at UK & Faculty member in Dept. of Biology, College of Sci, Univ. of Salahaddin, Erbil, Iraq. |
Ashwatha Thenappan Undergraduate student in Biology at UK. |
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Jump to on this page: | Course outline (go to) |
Course schedule & experiments (go to) | ||
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Development of the course: Cooper, R.L., Titlow, J. and Majeed, Z.R. (2012). Introduction of a new neurophysiology laboratory for students at the University of Kentucky. Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, LA., USA. (ppt) Why comparative neurophysiology is of interest [ pdf ] FREE
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY TEXT BOOK ON LINE (use for a review of basic concepts) Free background information on neuron morphology, conducting electrical, ionic bases of resting & action potential, and Synapse structure Links
for info: These journals offer you some topics that might be of interest to you for the course. Note--you have to be on a UK computer for full access to the papers for some of the journals. |
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TOPICS
AND READINGS-TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Week, Topics, Student-driven In-class Activities 1. - Learn about equipment (extracellular & intracellular amps, microscopes, electrode puller). Solutions and laboratory tools. Animal care. Lab notebooks & reports. 2. - We will start on the bread board to learn about OHM's law and electrical conduction .................................(see this lab Page- Neuron model) 3. - Earthworm preparation to learn about conduction velocity and refractory periods ................................(see this lab Page- Earth worm experiments) 4. - Measure membrane potentials in crayfish abdomen muscles and plot Rp vs [Na]o graphs and Rp vs [K]o graphs. (see this lab PAGE- RP, K, Na) 5. - Measure facilitation and depression in tonic and phasic neuromuscular junctions in crayfish abdomen muscles. We will learn how to stimulate motor nerves and record EPSPs/IPSPs. (see this lab PAGE- EPSPs) 6. - Learn to record from proprioceptors (extracellular) in the crab leg and relate to joint positions. Research paper discussion . (see this lab PAGE- Joint receptors in a crab) 7. - Learn how to forward fill neurons from the crab leg proprioceptors (CoCl2, 4-Di-2 ASP) as well as stain with methylene blue. (see this lab PAGE- Staining of Joint receptors in a crab) 8.
- Review - EXAM 1 - Learn to record from
tension receptors in the crab leg related to muscle length and contraction as well as human muscle EMG.
(see
this lab PAGE- tension
nerve recordings) 9. - EEG Human lab (go to lab EEG lab page) 10. - Introduction to the leech nevous system and practice dissection. Staining of leech ganglia. 11. - Learn how to dissect the leech ventral nerve cord and obtain intracellular recordings from identified neurons. Current injections and threshold measures. Potentially two intracellular electrodes and record in situ synaptic connections. Investigate the ionic currents making up the action potentials. (see this lab PAGE- Leech ganglion lab) 12. March 5 & 7, 2013 - -Mapping skin receptive fields on the leech while recording from neurons. Dye fills. (see this lab PAGE- Leech Skin lab) 2015 - Spring break 13. - Learn how to remove and culture leech neurons for forming synapses in culture. (see this lab PAGE- Leech neuron culture lab) 14. -Catch up on experiments and analysis day. Graph data, catch up on homework and literature gathering. Plot I V curves and use Ohms law to determine Rm with crayfish skeletal muscle. 15. - Quantal analysis of synaptic transmission: Crayfish NMJ record quantal responses..(see this lab PAGE- quantal analysis ) 16. Sensory recordings from the cockroach cerci. (see this lab PAGE- cockroach cerci ) 17. Sensory recordings from the cockroach cerci. (see this lab PAGE- cockroach cerci ) 18. Vision: crayfish caudal photo receptor in crayfish. ..................(see this lab PAGE- Crayfish photoreceptors lab) 19. Vision: Horse shoe crab photo receptors. ..................(see this lab PAGE- Horseshoe crab photoreceptors). A paper on the responses PDF 20. No class. Work on your own out of lab for write ups. 21. - Make up any labs needed. Make sure lab report is going along OK. Pass out take home exam.(Exam 2) 22. (Finals week) Turn in final exam and reports. |
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