Table of Contents: Issue 21, November 2008

The 2008 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Robert Huber, Chemistry 1988

JoVE 1128

Robert Huber

Date Published: November 25, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/1128  |  Section: JoVE Editorial

Keywords: Cellular Biology, Lindau 2008, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, Folding Problem, X-ray Crystallography, Transmembrane Protein

Single Molecule Methods for Monitoring Changes in Bilayer Elastic Properties

JoVE 1032

Helgi Ingolfson¹, Ruchi Kapoor², Shemille A. Collingwood², Olaf Sparre Andersen²

¹Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, ²Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University

Date Published: November 3, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/1032  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Cellular Biology, Springer Protocols, Membrane Biophysics, Gramicidin Channels, Artificial Bilayers, Bilayer Elastic Properties,

Primary Dissociated Midbrain Dopamine Cell Cultures from Rodent Neonates

JoVE 820

Lauren E. Frank, Angela D. Caldera-Siu, Emmanuel N. Pothos

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University

Date Published: November 5, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/820  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Neuroscience, issue 21, dopamine, amperometry, carbon fiber, ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra, rats, mice, development, neuron

A Technique for Serial Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid from the Cisterna Magna in Mouse

JoVE 960

Li Liu, Karen Duff

Department of Pathology, Columbia University

Date Published: November 10, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/960  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Neuroscience, Cerebrospinal fluid, Alzheimer's disease, Transgenic mouse, β-amyloid, tau

Optimization of the Ugi Reaction Using Parallel Synthesis and Automated Liquid Handling

JoVE 942

Jean-Claude Bradley¹, Khalid Baig Mirza¹, Tom Osborne², Antony Wiliams³, Kevin Owens¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, ²Mettler-Toledo, ³Chemspider

Date Published: November 11, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/942  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Chemistry, Ugi Reaction, Automated Liquid Handling, Combinatorial Chemistry, organic chemistry, Mini-block, Open Notebook Science, reaction optimization, UsefulChem, MiniBlock, precipitate

Functional Imaging with Reinforcement, Eyetracking, and Physiological Monitoring

JoVE 992

Vincent Ferrera^1,2,3, Jack Grinband^1,3, Tobias Teichert¹, Franco Pestilli¹, Stephen Dashnaw³, Joy Hirsch^1,3

¹Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, ²Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, ³Department of Radiology, Columbia University

Date Published: November 13, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/992  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, fMRI, Decision Making, Reward, Punishment, Pulse, Respiration, Eye Tracking, Psychology

The Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Model of Perinatal Ischemia

JoVE 955

Hidetoshi Taniguchi, Katrin Andreasson

Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

Date Published: November 19, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/955  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Neuroscience, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), 2 3 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC), brain infarct

A Magnetic Tether System to Investigate Visual and Olfactory Mediated Flight Control in Drosophila

JoVE 1063

Brian J. Duistermars, Mark A. Frye

Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Date Published: November 21, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/1063  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Neuroscience, tether, Drosophila, magnet, olfaction, flight, behavior

Selective Labelling of Cell-surface Proteins using CyDye DIGE Fluor Minimal Dyes

JoVE 945

Asa Hagner-McWhirter, Maria Winkvist, Stephanie Bourin, Rita Marouga

Research and Development, GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB

Date Published: November 26, 2008  |  doi:10.3791/945  |  Section: JoVE General

Keywords: Biochemistry, Cell surface protein labelling, Ettan DIGE, CyDye DIGE Fluor minimal dyes, cell surface proteins, receptors, fluorescence, 2-D electrophoresis