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A General Method for Evaluating Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Rats
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2011
Responding for food or drug-paired cues increases over the course of a period of abstinence and this may relate to an increased susceptibility to relapse behaviors. Here we detail a procedure for evaluating this "incubation of craving" in rats that have self-administered sucrose.
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Assessment of Labile Organic Carbon in Soil Using Sequential Fumigation Incubation Procedures
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2016
Labile organic carbon (LOC) and the potential carbon turnover rate are sensitive indicators of changes in soil nutrient cycling processes. Details are provided for a method based on fumigating and incubating soil in a series of cycles and using the CO2 accumulated during the incubation periods to estimate these parameters.
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Simulating Temperature in a Soil Incubation Experiment
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2022
Laboratory soil warming experiments usually employ two or more constant temperatures in multiple chambers. By presenting a sophisticated environmental chamber, we provide an accurate temperature control method to imitate the magnitude and amplitude of in situ soil temperature and improve the experimental design of soil incubation studies.
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A Technique for the Prolonged Incubation of Neuronal Tissue of the Retina
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2025
This video demonstrates a method for prolonged incubation of neuronal tissue of the retina. Eyecups containing retina are obtained from a mouse eye; the inner limiting membrane (ILM) is enzymatically digested to expose the neuronal cells of the retina, and either the treated eyecup or the isolated retina is transferred to a specialized incubator for prolonged incubation at a low temperature.
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Construction of a Low-cost Mobile Incubator for Field and Laboratory Use
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2019
This paper describes a method for building an adaptable, low-cost and transportable incubator for microbial testing of drinking water. Our design is based on widely available materials and can operate under a range of field conditions, while still offering the advantages of higher-end laboratory-based models.
FAQs
Controlled temperature, light exposure, oxygen availability, and mixing determine which processes can be observed in an incubation bottle. Sealing can limit exchange with the surrounding atmosphere, whereas venting allows greater exchange, so the selected configuration changes the conditions experienced by the sample. Maintaining these settings consistently helps researchers attribute measured changes to sample activity rather than uncontrolled laboratory variation.
Mixing influences how evenly conditions are distributed through water, sediments, or microbial communities. It can affect how sample components interact with available oxygen and surrounding material, while the absence of mixing may preserve a different experimental condition. Recording and reproducing the chosen mixing regime therefore supports meaningful comparisons of oxygen consumption, microbial activity, and nutrient transformation over time.
Sealed vessels are useful when researchers need to track changes within a contained sample, while vented vessels provide a different gas-exchange condition. Neither configuration is universally preferable: the choice depends on whether containment or controlled exchange better represents the process being examined. Making that choice explicit improves interpretation of oxygen-related measurements and comparisons among experiments.
Researchers select the environmental sample, place it in the bottle, and establish the intended temperature, light exposure, oxygen availability, and mixing conditions. They then maintain those settings while observing changes over time. Consistent control of these variables is important because the bottle is being used to reproduce defined laboratory conditions and to preserve the sample’s integrity during analysis.
They can support measurements of microbial activity, oxygen consumption, biochemical oxygen demand, and nutrient transformation. These outcomes show how a water sample, sediment, or microbial community changes during the observation period. The measurements can therefore be used to examine biological or chemical behavior under selected conditions, rather than treating the sample as a static representation of the environment.
They are useful when investigators need to connect controlled laboratory observations with ecosystem processes, water-quality assessment, or environmental monitoring. Applications include examining changes in aquatic samples, sediments, or microbial communities over time. Because the design supports standardized conditions and sample integrity, results can be compared across experiments and interpreted in relation to broader environmental behavior.