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With LabChart , students use protocols for conducting basic and advanced laboratory exercises in neurophysiology including: evoked action potentials, extracellular recording techniques, intracellular recording techniques, latency period, threshold potential, recruitment, all-or-none response, refractory period, bidirectionality of impulse and conduction velocity of the nerve.
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Arthropod ERG
Learn about the fundamental properties of electroretinograms of various arthropods, such as field-caught insects and spiders. Record the visual responses of an arthropod to various pulse durations and wavelengths of light.
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Artificial Axon Model
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Cockroach Sensory Nerve
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Cockroach Ventral Nerve Cord
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Crayfish Extracellular Nerve Recording
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Crayfish Postsynaptic Potential Recording
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Earthworm Action Potentials
Obtain extracellular recordings of action potentials from an anesthetized earthworm (Lumbricus spp). Complete five exercises to examine and demonstrate threshold potential, recruitment, all-or-none response, refractory period, bidrectionality of impulse and conduction velocity of the nerve.
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Earthworm Smooth Muscle
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Frog Nerve and Muscle
Construct and calibrate a nerve bath setup in order to measure compound action potentials from an isolated frog sciatic nerve. Explore basic nerve physiological properties such as threshold, refractory period and conduction velocity.
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Frog Nerve Compound Action Potentials
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Intracellular Recordings
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Electroencephalography
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Electromyography
Record EMG during voluntary muscle contractions and investigate how contractile force changes with increasing demand. Examine the activity of antagonist muscles, see the phenomenon of coactivation and calculate nerve conduction velocity.
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Introduction to LabChart
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Reflexes and reaction times
Discover the responses of reflexes and reaction times to a variety of stimuli. Elicit and quantify a knee jerk reaction, trigger the pupillary light reflex and a withdrawal reflex, and measure reaction time in reponse to a visual cue under varying conditions.
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LabChart data analysis software creates a platform for all of your recording devices to work together, allowing you to acquire biological signals from multiple sources simultaneously and apply advanced calculations and plots as your experiment unfolds.
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