Brain Research and Behavior Newsletter – October 2018

Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
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Chronic Sleep Deprivation

Dr Carolyn Beebe Smith’s lab, at NIH, demonstrates a sleep deprivation technique known as gentle handling in mouse pups.

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Cell-specific Calcium Signaling at the Tripartite Synapse

Dr. Thomas Gould’s lab, at University of Nevada, present a protocol to image calcium signaling in populations of individual cell types at the murine neuromuscular junction.

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Egocentric View of Infants and Toddlers

Dr. Linda Smith’s lab, at Indiana University, present guiding principles for experiments in the home or laboratory to capture the egocentric view of toddlers and infants.

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Networks of Coupled Astrocytes

Dr. Arlette Kolta’s lab, at Université de Montréal, describes a protocol to assess the size, shape and directionality of astrocytic networks.

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Reward Anticipation and Processing

Dr. Leslie Carver’s lab, at UCSD, describes a protocol designed to measure reward anticipation and processing in young children with and without autism.

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Visual Classical Conditioning in Wood Ants

Dr. J.E. Niven’s lab, at the University of Sussex, presents a protocol for the classical conditioning of harnessed ants that permits researchers to study visual learning and memory formation.

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