Teaching neuroscience

[Joshua S Rodefer]

In article <4km8lt$hbo at copland.udel.edu>,
Thomas R. Gregg <greggt at copland.udel.edu> wrote:
>Hi, I am helping teach an undergraduate course in neuroscience.
>Does anyone know of a good, up-to-date 10-20 page handout on histological 
>techniques, including staining?  This handout should cover c-fos, 
>autoradiography, and IHC as well as older techniques.

	tom,

	while maybe not exactly what you are looking for, 
	there is a chapter (#5, Methods of Physio Psych) in 
	Neil Carlson's _Physiology of Behavior_ (5th ed, 1994) that
	might be of interest.

	the total chapter is 32 pages; topics include:
	
	Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Techniques
		Histo
		Tracing connections
		Localization of Receptors/Neurochemicals
		Measuring metabolic activity
		Microdialysis
		CT/MRI/PET
		Electron microscopy
	
	Experimental Ablation
		Lesions
		Stereotax
	
	Electrophysiology	
		recording
		stimulation

the neurochem part has some really nice color photos of IHC and I have
found it to be a good general resource for basic/general methodology
of neuroscience.

usual disclaimers apply.
hope this helps
cheers,

Josh Rodefer
University of Minnesota
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rode0008 at gold.tc.umn.edu