Integrative Neuroscience Laboratories

综合神经科学实验室

• 批准号: 9952711
• 负责人: Eugene Delay
• 金额: $ 2.56万
• 依托单位: Regis University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-02-01 至 2002-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9952711&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrative; Neuroscience; Laboratories

Biological Sciences (61)Neuroscience employs experimental methods from various disciplines to investigate functions of the nervous system. Undergraduates studying neuroscience require educational experiences that teach basic processes of scientific inquiry such as problem solving, critical thinking, an appreciation of the strengths and limitations of knowledge gained from discipline-specific methods, and integration of diverse information. The project is an adaptation of efforts at Wake Forest University and Coe College. Our neuroscience program draws upon faculty in psychology, biology, and chemistry to bridge disciplinary boundaries but it lacks critical equipment needed to teach scientific inquiry in an integrated, multidisciplinary approach. The goals of this project are to develop students' critical thinking and problem solving skills, integrate multidisciplinary approaches to study context-based research questions, and increase opportunities for independent student research. The project is redesigning two neuroscience laboratories to give students hands-on roles in designing, executing and analyzing experiments. Key elements of the project are collaborations with biology and biochemistry labs for multidisciplinary study of structure and function of the nervous system (e.g. tubulin, c-Fos activation, glutamate receptors, intracellular Ca++, electrophysiological and behavioral assays). This project provides students with a solid grounding in neuroscience concepts and the experimental basis from which to pursue independent research projects. The collaborations with students in biology and biochemistry courses promotes an appreciation of each other's tools, and an integration of material between different disciplines. Our project aims to substantially increase the quality, quantity, and breadth of research conducted by undergraduates and their subsequent success in graduate and professional schools.

神经科学采用来自不同学科的实验方法来研究神经系统的功能。学习神经科学的本科生需要教育经验，教授科学探究的基本过程，如解决问题，批判性思维，对从学科特定方法中获得的知识的优势和局限性的理解，以及不同信息的整合。该项目是维克森林大学和科学院努力的一个改编。 我们的神经科学课程利用心理学，生物学和化学教师来弥合学科界限，但它缺乏以综合，多学科方法教授科学探究所需的关键设备。该项目的目标是培养学生的批判性思维和解决问题的能力，整合多学科方法来研究基于上下文的研究问题，并增加学生独立研究的机会。该项目正在重新设计两个神经科学实验室，让学生在设计，执行和分析实验方面发挥实际作用。该项目的关键要素是与生物学和生物化学实验室合作，对神经系统的结构和功能进行多学科研究（例如微管蛋白，c-Fos激活，谷氨酸受体，细胞内Ca++，电生理和行为测定）。 该项目为学生提供了神经科学概念的坚实基础，以及追求独立研究项目的实验基础。与学生在生物学和生物化学课程的合作促进了对彼此工具的欣赏，以及不同学科之间材料的整合。我们的项目旨在大幅提高本科生进行的研究的质量，数量和广度，以及他们随后在研究生和专业学校的成功。