Introduction of Modern Physiological Techniques into the Biology Curriculum

这个项目在现有的神经生物学课程中引入了一个实验室部分，并增加了计算机功能，以促进当前动物生理学课程中的独立学生项目。新增设备包括Macintosh IISI计算机、数据采集和分析系统(MacLab)以及配套硬件和软件。神经生物学课程的重点是药用水蛭，涵盖了微电极细胞内记录、离子电流的电压钳测量以及计算机辅助数据采集和分析等技术。设备包括防振桌面、Leitz和Huxley微操作器、A-M Systems细胞内放大器、AxoCLAMP电压钳位放大器和Flaming-Brown微电极拉出器。在两个实验室中，三人一组的学生首先学习一种基本的技术或原理，然后通过设计一个小型独立研究项目或重新设计基础实验室的参数来制定和检验他们自己的相关假设。

This project introduces a laboratory component to an existing Neurobiology course and adds computer capability to promote independent student projects in a current Animal Physiology course. The equipment added includes Macintosh IIsi computers, a data acquisition and analysis system (MacLab), and supporting hardware and software. The Neurobiology course focuses on the medicinal leech and covers such techniques as intracellular recording with microelectrodes, voltage clamp measurements of ionic currents, and computer-assisted data acquisition and analysis. Equipment includes anti-vibration tabletops, Leitz and Huxley micromanipulator, A-M Systems intracellular amplifiers, an Axoclamp voltage clamp amplifier, and a Flaming- Brown microelectrode puller. In both laboratories students, working in teams of three, first learn a basic technique or principle and then formulate and test their own related hypothesis either by designing a mini-independent research project or redesigning the parameters for the basic laboratory.