Biological Sciences 300, Smith College | Neurophysiology Laboratory Instructions and Videos http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/NeuroSci/courses/bio330/labs.html
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1 Using the Oscilloscope. 2 Circuits and Amplifiers. Video: Large Capacitor Charging and Discharging. Video: DAM 50 Amplifier High-Frequency Filters. Videos require the free player for QuickTime, which you can download here. 3 Effect of potassium concentration on the resting potential. Video: Intracellular Recording from Crayfish Muscle Cells. Video: Making Microelectrodes. 4 Action potentials in earthworm giant axons. Video: Giant Axons in the Earthworm Nerve Cord. 5 Computer simulations of action potentials. Video: Using MetaNeuron's Controls. 6 Electroretinogram of the crayfish eye. Video: Electroretinogram of the crayfish eye. An article about this laboratory website appeared in the Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 2(1): A16-A22 (2003).         NOTE: Laboratories 7-12, the Supplement, and most Appendices are now available in updated form in another course:         BIO 330: Research in Cellular Neurophysiology. 7 Motor units in the crayfish nerve cord. Video: Motor Units in Crayfish Abdominal Ganglia. 8 Discussion: Crayfish swimmeret system. Video: Crayfish Swimming. Video: Swimmeret Movements. 9-12 Projects: Crayfish swimmeret system. Video: Central Pattern Generator for Crayfish Swimmerets. Supplement: Anatomy of the crayfish nervous system. Appendices: Cables and Connectors Rigol Digital Oscilloscopes Capturing Oscilloscope Screenshots Averaging Oscilloscope Sweeps DAM50 Differential Preamplifiers EasyGraf Chart Recorders Capturing Data with PowerLab and LabChart Saline solutions.
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