Peer Submitted LabChart Experiments
The materials listed below have been kindly submitted by your fellow educators. The materials are available to provide guidance and ideas. If author information is present, the materials should not be copied for use without the author’s permission.
The below experiments are courtesy of Dr. Robin Cooper and colleagues, University of Kentucky:
| Biological Membrane |
This demonstrates how electrical models can be used to characterize biological membranes. |
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| Crayfish ventral nerve cord |
Measuring electrical signals in axons: recording compound action potentials from the venral nerve cord of the crayfish. |
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| Crustacean/insect heart rate |
Investigate the effect of various environmental cues upon the heart rate of the transparent ghost shrimp, Palaemonetes kadakensis. |
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| EKG |
Experiments to understand electrocardiogram (ECG) and finger pulse reading and how they relate to one another. |
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| Endocrine & behaviour |
These experiments are to observe organisms undergoing behavioral and physiological changes due to altered hormonal status. |
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| GI Recording |
Techniques that can be used to investigate the biology of the crayfish hindgut. |
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| Human breathing |
Human ECG laboratory experiment: measuring respiration in humans. |
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| Integration of sensory nerves |
Learn how an organism can detect its environment through mechanosensory stimuli and how the information is integrated in the central nervous system. |
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| Intracellular recordings |
Understand the effects caused by ion gradients across a biological membrane. |
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| MRO - Proprioception |
Understand how primary sensory neurons convey information of joint movements and positions as proprioceptive information for an animal. |
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| Osmoregulation |
Experiment to observe the organism undergoing a homeostatic regulation in osmolarity with environments of varying salinity. |
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| Synaptic physiology |
Synaptic Response, Neuronal Circuitry and Neuromodulation Using the Crayfish |
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