Requirements: In order to receive credit for the class,  you must attend all of the sessions and hand in all of the written work (see below) in a timely fashion.

Written work: You are required to turn in 3 short writeups. which will include 1) the point of the experiment, 2) the data, 3) analyzed data,  4) interpretation of the results, and 5) references to 2 articles that used similar techniques or looked at similar questions.  Write-ups will be done on 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper that does not have any perforated edges (i.e. not torn out of a notebook).  It does not need to be typed but must be legible.   If your write ups are unclear you will be asked to redo them.  If you are asked to do so you have one week to turn in the revised version. Important:  We will allow for 1 late assignment. Upon your second late assignment you will be given an NE for the course. Failure to turn in an assignment before Oct 17 will also earn an NE for the course.
 

Syllabus  

Wk	Date	Topic	Assignments due
1	Sept 4	Introduction
2	Sept 11	Human studies
3	Sept 18	water maze	human study writeup
4	Sept 25	water maze
5	Oct 2	neocortical slices	water maze writeup
6	Oct 9	hippocampal slices
7	Oct 16	Conditioning - ERP/GSR	Slice experiment writeup

 
 

Animal Care and Use Statement:  All procedures involving live vertebrates that are to be performed in this course have been approved by Oberlin College’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).  Should you have any concerns about these procedures, please feel free to discuss them with the faculty teaching this course, and/or with the Chair of the IACUC, Ms. Barbara Fuchsman, Cox 100, x8461