Winter Term Project 1999:
Winter Term Projects:  Each year, during the month of January, students are given the opportunity to pursue any topic of interest as diverse and challenging as they wish, either on campus or off campus.   In 1999, the neuroscience program sponsored a Winter Term project on memory, and fourteen students joined the project.  The project was directed by Dr Al Borroni.  The goal was to find out how specific pharmacologic agents affect memory in rodents.  To study this phenomenon, we recorded the length of time it took a rat to navigate an 8-arm radial maze and find strategically placed food rewards.  Specifically we attempted to find out  how Ca++ blockers (MK801 and Verapamil) affect memory.  Here are some pictures taken during the project.  You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.

Anne Amistead, Neil Gray, Issac Natter, Madeleine Moule, James Harris
Anne Armistead, Neil Gray, Isaac Natter, Madeleine Moule, James Harris
(Photo by G. Knight)

 Ireta Kraal, Harlan Fichtenholtz, Atley Chock, Jen Huelsman
Ireta Kraal, Harlan Fichtenholtz, Atley Chock, Jenni Huelsman (Photo by G. Knight)		 Rat eating fruit loops, a great favorite
Rat eating Fruit Loops, a great favorite
(Photo by Al Borroni)
Cora Impenna, Lara Petrak, James Geoghegan, Josie DeMarce Cora Impenna, Lara Petrak, James Geoghegan, Josie DeMarce
(Photo by G. Knight)


Rohit Ramanath, Kaitlin James, Anil Kesavan, Yvonne Piper, Hilda Fehd
Rohit Ramanath, Kaitlin James, Anil Kesavan, Yvonne Piper, Hilda Fehd (Photo by G. Knight)

Josie DeMarce
Josie DeMarce
(Photo by G. Knight)

8 Arm Radial Arm Maze
8-Arm Radial Arm Maze
(Photo by Al Borroni)

Memory-Study Group
The whole 1999 Winter Term memory-study group assembled.     Al Borroni, director of the project, is seated on the left, back row.  I am on the right, back row.
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