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2007 Volume 6 Issue 1
2007 Volume 6 : Issue 1
Editorials
Mentorship: The Bond that Brings Us Together
by GL Dunbar
Interview: Darcy Kelley — Pioneering the Frontiers of Science Education
By Julie Ruble
Articles
DataView: A Tutorial Tool for Data Analysis. Template-based Spike Sorting and Frequency Analysis.
by WJ Heitler
Novel in silico Method for Teaching Cytoarchitecture, Cellular Diversity, and Gene Expression in the Mammalian Brain
by RL Ramos, PT Smith, and JC Brumberg
Technical Note: Construction of a Simple Suction Electrode for Extracellular Recording and Stimulation
by BR Johnson, SA Hauptman, and RH Bonow
NorthEast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON): Our Third New York City Meeting
by S Ramos Goyette, KL Edinger, V Luine, J Young, and CA Frye
Dual Format Course Design: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology for Adult Learners
by RI Estes
Media Reviews
Media Review: An Introduction to Nervous Systems By Ralph H. Greenspan
reviewed by BR Johnson
2007 Volume 5 Issue 2
2007 Volume 5 : Issue 2
Editorials
JUNE as the Voice for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
by Gary L. Dunbar
Neuroscience and the Liberal Arts
by JJ Ramirez
Evolution and the Neuroscience Curriculum: A Call to Action
by WJ Pizzi
The Society for Neuroscience and the Undergraduate
by AE Stuart
Commentary: Work through SfN — but Keep Higher Education and K-12 Separate
by RF Olivo
Commentary: Toward a Better Neuroscience Tomorrow: Thoughts on the Society for Neuroscience and the Undergraduate
by EP Wiertelak
Articles
Teaching About the Brain and Reaching the Community: Undergraduates in the Pipeline Neuroscience Program at the University of Pennsylvania
by BL Edlow, K Hamilton, & RH Hamilton
Methods for Handling Missing Data in the Behavioral Neurosciences: Don’t Throw the Baby Rat out with the Bath Water
by LH Rubin, K Witkiewitz, J St. Andre, & S Reilly
The Use of Case Studies in Teaching Undergraduate Neuroscience
by WM Meil
An Undergraduate Neuroscience Seminar Based on the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
by DJ Bucci & WA Falls
IFEL TOUR: A Description of the Introduction to FUN Electrophysiology Labs Workshop at Bowdoin College, July 27-30, and the Resultant Faculty Learning Community
by K Mead, J Dearworth, W Grisham, GA Herin, H Jarrard, CA Paul, R Waldeck, J Yates, & J Young
Use of the Pyrithiamine-Induced Thiamine Deficient Animal Model of Korskoff’s Syndrome for Exploratory Research Activities in Undergraduate Physiological Psychology
by RW Flint, Jr; JE Hill; LA Sandusky; & CL Marino
Utility and Versatility of Extracellar Recordings from the Cockroach for Neurophysiological Instruction and Demonstration
by RL Ramos, A Moiseff, & JC Brumberg
Supplemental Matieral : NOTE You must have Quicktime Player 6 installed to watch the movies.
2006 Volume 5 Issue 1
2006 Volume 5 : Issue 1
Editorials
Literature and the History of Neuroscience
by M Harrington
Interview: Neuroethologist Ron Hoy on College, Careers, and Crawdads
by J Ruble
Articles
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI): A Brief Exercise for an Undergraduate Laboratory Course
by MW Hurd & DJ Vincent
Collaborative Research in Teaching: Collaboration between Laboratory Courses at Neighboring Institutions
by JR Yates, N Curtis, & SJ Ramus
Cultivation of an Interdisciplinary, Research-Based Neuroscience Minor at Hope College
by LA Chase, J Stewart, & CC Barney
Using Biographies to Illustrate the Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Dynamics of Science
by M Mori & S Larson
Media Reviews
Technology Review: Data Acquisition and Display for Electrophysiology: PC Oscilloscopes
by S George
Textbook Review: Discovering Biological Psychology
reviewed by G Brosnan-Watters
Media Review: The Neuron Connection: Modeling Parkinson’s Disease
reviewed by AE Pollack
Media Review: Resources for Teaching Mammalian Neuroanatomy Using Sheep Brains
reviewed by W Grisham
2006 Volume 4 Issue 2
2006 Volume 4 : Issue 2
Editorials
Editorial: Neuro Now!: Should Neuroscience be a Department or a Program?
by RS Lewis
Essay: Funding Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: CCLI Yesterday and Today
by N Pruitt, JR Small, & T Woodin
Interview: Nature or Nurture – Is A Successful Neuroscientist Born or Created? Interview with Rusty Gage
by CA Paul
Articles
Teaching Basic Principles of Neuroscience with Computer Simulations
by E Av-Ron, JH Byrne, & DA Baxter
Responses to Sounds in the Central Auditory System of the Frog: An Advanced Electrophysiology Laboratory in Sensory Processing
by MJ Ferragamo & JM Wotton
An Undergraduate Course on Publishing in Neuroscience
by LS Jones, LC Black, L Bright, C Meekins, V Thakur, & C Warren
Using Extracellular Single-unit Electrophysiological Data as a Substrate for Investigative Laboratory Exercises
by GA Cousens & GM Muir
MATLAB-based Simulation of Whole-Cell and Single-Channel Currents
by SC Molitor, M Tong, & D Vora
2005 Volume 4 Issue 1
2005 Volume 4 : Issue 1
Editorials
Articles
A Rationale and Outline for an Undergraduate Course on the Philosophy and History of Science for Life Science Students
by PE Hockberger & RJ Miller
Demonstrating the Temperature Sensitivity of Synaptic Transmission in a Drosophila Mutant
by JL Krans, PK Rivlin, & RR Hoy
Supplemental Material:
Tools for Physiology Labs: An Inexpensive Means of Temperature Control
by JL Krans & RR Hoy
Get the Rhythm: Modeling Neuronal Activity
by P Meuth, SG Meuth, D Jacobi, T Broicher, H-C Pape, & T Budde
Writing to Learn: An Evaluation of the Calibrated Peer Review™ Program in Two Neuroscience Courses
by JR Prichard
Media Reviews
Textbook Review: Behavioral Neurobiology. An integrative approach.
reviewed by JM Wotton
2005 Volume 3 Issue 2
2005 Volume 3 : Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
The Clinical Neuroscience Course: Viewing Mental Health from Neurobiological Perspectives
by KG Lambert
Promoting Information Competency in Biological Psychology
by LA Freberg and G Brosnan-Watters
Use of the Herb Gymnema sylvestre to Illustrate the Principles of Gustatory Sensation: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Laboratory Exercise
by JA Schroeder and E Flannery-Schroeder
Column Chromatography Analysis of Brain Tissue: An Advanced Laboratory Exercise for Neuroscience Majors
by WH Church
Media Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: Writing With Style: APA Style Made Easy, Third Edition
reviewed by KS Multhaup
OF NOTE: Brief Reviews of Resources for Undergraduate Neuroscience Educators
collected by B Lom
2004 Volume 3 Issue 1
2004 Volume 3 : Issue 1
Articles
An Inexpensive Alternative to Commercial Infrared Sensors
by WJ Wilson
Reconstructing the Paradigm: Teaching Across the Disciplines
by C Brown & A Pollack
Emotional Arousal, Blood Glucose Levels, and Memory Modulation: Three Laboratory Exercises in Cognitive Neuroscience
by RW Flint, Jr
Tools for Physiology Labs: Inexpensive Equipment for Physiological Stimulation
by BR Land, BR Johnson, RA Wyttenbach, & RR Hoy
Allegheny College Hosts Neuroscience and Humanities Summer Institute
by EM Macel
Helping Students Get Into Graduate School
by BA Fischer & MJ Zigmond
2004 Volume 2 Issue 2
2004 Volume 2 : Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
Technical Note: Distributing Digital Video to Multiple Computers
-by JA Murray
Supplemental Material : Laboratory Handout
Measuring Salivary Cortisol in the Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
-by BA Kalman, RE Grahn
Northeast Under/graduate Organization for Neuroscience, A Regional Neuroscience Meeting for Undergraduates, Graduate Students, and Faculty
-by CA Frye, KL Edinger
Media Reviews
Book Review: Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
-reviewed by WJ Pizzi
Book Review: The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide
-reviewed by AM Kazama
Media Review: Neurons in Action: Computer Simulations with NeuroLab
-reviewed by SR Barry
Media Review: A Comparison of Two Programs for the Control of Behavioral Experiments
-reviewed by WJ Wilson
2003 Volume 2 Issue 1
2003 Volume 2 : Issue 1
Articles
Experimental Methods in Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Laboratory Course for Teaching Ethical Issues, Laboratory Techniques, Experimental Design, and Analysis
-by AC Hall & ME Harrington
An Online Multimedia Resource in Behavioral Neuroscience
-by DM Lane & Z Tang
An Online Lab Manual for Neurophysiology
-by RF Olivo
Supplemental Materials: Links to lab instructions, videos, and examples from the paper.
- List of labs and videos (with links)
- Home page for lecture course
- Figure 1: pop-up photos (Lab 2)
- Figure 2: background material (Lab 6)
- Serial sections through crayfish ganglia: on the anatomy Supplement page on Brian Mulloney’s Web site, Mulloney et al. (2003)
- Bibliography on crayfish swimmeret system
- Sites that list self-published materials: Merlot BiosciEdNet (neurobiology section)
- Web authoring guide (Lynch & Horton 2001):
www.webstyleguide.com
Evaluation of an Undergraduate Neuroscience Research Program at the University of Kentucky
-by DJ Gould & B MacPherson
Sex Differences and Organizational Effects of Androgen in Spinal Cord Motor Nuclei
-by W Grisham, HB Jones, & SH Park
Supplemental Materials: Links to lab instructions, images, and examples from the paper.
Spinal nucleus bulbocavernosus (SNB)
- Sample images (in .zip format)
- Full set (80 MB file in .zip format)
Retrodorsal dorsal lateral nucleus (RDLN)
- Sample images (in .zip format)
- Full set (80 MB file in .zip format)
Other documents:
- Calibration image
- Experimental groups key
- Sample Grading Key
- In April 2005 UCLA also made the images in this exercise available for downloading (168 Mb file size)
http://ratscia.psych.ucla.edu/GrishamRATSCIA.zip
2003 Volume 1 Issue 2
2003 Volume 1 Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
Teaching Neuroscience at a Religious Institution: Pedagogical Models for Handling Neuroscience and Theology
-by WM Struthers
Testing the Relationship Between Levels of Endogenous Testosterone and Physiological Responses to Facial Expressions in Men: An Experiment Conducted by Students in an Undergraduate Behavioral Neuroscience Class
-by RR Thompson & K George
Integrated Undergraduate Research Experience for the Study of Brain Injury
-by CL Barnes, M Sierra, & ER Delay
Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Neuroscience Research: A Model System at Baldwin-Wallace College
-by GA Mickley, C Kenmuir, & D Remmers-Roeber
Media Reviews
Synaptic Transmission: A Four Step Process
-reviewed by JJ Ramirez
In Search of the Lost Cord
-reviewed by HW Horch
Decoding Darkness
-reviewed by KG Hales