Laboratory Techniques in Behavioral Neuroscience

行为神经科学实验室技术

• 批准号: 9851456
• 负责人: John McCoy
• 金额: $ 3.45万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9851456&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Laboratory; Techniques; Behavioral; Neuroscience

This project addresses the need for an interdisciplinary laboratory course to prepare students for graduate programs and careers in behavioral neuroscience. The course will give student majors from a number of different departments an opportunity to gain "hands-on" experience with both behavioral and neurophysiological techniques. The techniques will be taught by instructors from both the Department of Psychology and the Department of Biological Sciences. Laboratory exercises include computer simulations of single-cell electrophysiological recordings from the giant squid axon, computer-assisted tutorials in neuroanatomy, administration of drugs by peripheral routes, stereotaxic surgical procedures, and histological analysis. The course will be offered as an elective targeted for a variety of life science majors. Videotaped laboratory procedures (developed and obtained as a consequence of this course), demonstrations, and computer software on structure-function relationships of the nervous system will improve several other psychology and biology courses. The behavioral neuroscience laboratory supported by the equipment requested here will be utilized as both a teaching and research laboratory, with faculty research projects involving undergraduate assistants. To disseminate information to other four year undergraduate institutions, we will conduct workshops and student presentations at the state psychological association. Information will also be disseminated via poster presentation at the annual meetings of the Society for Neuroscience and via a Web page for undergraduates interested in behavioral neuroscience.

该项目解决了跨学科实验课程的需求，为学生准备研究生课程和行为神经科学的职业生涯。本课程将为来自不同院系的学生提供获得行为和神经生理技术“实践”经验的机会。这些技术将由心理学系和生物科学系的讲师讲授。实验室练习包括计算机模拟巨型乌贼轴突的单细胞电生理记录、计算机辅助神经解剖学教程、外周通路药物管理、立体定向外科手术和组织学分析。本课程将作为一门选修课提供给各种生命科学专业的学生。关于神经系统结构-功能关系的实验室程序录像（作为本课程的结果而开发和获得）、演示和计算机软件将改进其他几门心理学和生物学课程。由这里所要求的设备支持的行为神经科学实验室将被用作教学和研究实验室，教师研究项目涉及本科生助理。为了向其他四年制本科院校传播信息，我们将在国家心理协会举办讲习班和学生演讲。信息也将通过神经科学学会年会的海报展示和对行为神经科学感兴趣的本科生的网页传播。