Brain Research & Behavior Newsletter – November 2018

Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
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Characterizing Lesions in Small Animal Brains

Dr David Cox’s lab, at Harvard University, describes a method to prepare small animal brains for micro-CT imaging, in which lesions can be quantified and electrodes located with high precision.

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Microfluidic Chips for Compartmentalizing Primary Murine Neurons

Dr. Anne Marion Taylor’s lab, at University of North Carolina, describes the use of plastic microfluidic chips to culture and compartmentalize primary murine neurons.

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EEG Recordings in Freely Moving Rats

Dr. Michele Simonato’s lab, at University of Ferrara, describes a method for in vivo microdialysis in the ventral hippocampus of epileptic and non-epileptic rats, along with EEG recordings.

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Measuring Incubation of Craving in Rats

Dr. Yingjie Zhu’s lab, at Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrates a morphine conditioned place preference protocol to measure incubation of craving in rats.

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FishSim Toolchain to Investigate Fish Behavior

Dr. Klaudia Witte’s lab, at University of Siegen, presents a protocol for non-invasive visual manipulation of public information in the context of mate-choice copying in sailfin mollies.

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A Two-interval Forced-choice Task

Dr. Luis Lemus’ lab, at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, presents a protocol to perform a two-interval forced-choice task for multisensory comparisons.

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Techniques for high throughput lifespan measurement in invertebrate model systems

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Prostate Organoid Research Techniques and Methods: Three-dimensional (3D) Culture, Spin-down, Dimpled Parafilm and Fusion Method

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New Techniques and Approaches for the Assessment or Intervention in Learning Disabilities and ADHD

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Current Research Methods in Rabies Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment, and Control

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Social Psychology

This Sci Ed collection features classical methods used to investigate how social contexts influence people’s actions, thoughts, and attitudes and provides a transparent look into social experiments.

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Behavioral Science

This Sci Ed collection presents the fundamentals of behavioural neuroscience and focuses on the concepts of learning, memory, cognition, movement, addiction, and behavioral disorders.

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Lab Animal Research

This Sci Ed collection is a comprehensive video guide for appropriate lab animal care and use.

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Cell Biology

This Sci Ed collection provides a glimpse into the field of cell biology and profiles five important cellular phenomena: cell division; motility; endocytosis and exocytosis; metabolism; and cell death.

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