Rhode Island College 2 articles published in JoVE Neuroscience Dissection and Immunohistochemistry of the Drosophila Adult Leg to Detect Changes at the Neuromuscular Junction for an Identified Motor Neuron Geoff Stilwell1, Anthony Agudelo*1,2 1Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, 2Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University We describe a dissection technique that preserves the architecture of the neuromuscular junction and enables a detailed immunocytochemical study of motor neurons in the adult Drosophila leg. Behavior Use of an Eight-arm Radial Water Maze to Assess Working and Reference Memory Following Neonatal Brain Injury Stephanie C. Penley1, Cynthia M. Gaudet2, Steven W. Threlkeld1 1Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 2Department of Biology, Rhode Island College The eight-arm radial water maze is designed to evaluate reference and working memory performance simultaneously by requiring subjects to use extra-maze cues to locate escape platforms and remedies the limitations observed in land based radial arm maze designs.
