Facilities and Equipment
Human Sensation
Vision Science Workstation by Cambridge Research Systems
- This equipment enables us to precisely track eye movements and changes in pupil diameter as a subject observes still images, text, or video
- Allows for the gathering of subject responses to various stimuli, this data can be analyzed to investigate reaction times to visual information
Power Lab data acquisition systems by AD Instruments
- Used in Neuroscience and Biology courses these versatile modular systems allow students to capture electrophysiological data including EMG, EEG, reflexive response, heart rate, blood pressure, galvanic skin
response, and intra/extra-cellular neuronal traces
Histology and Imaging
Tissue Sectioning
- The neuroscience lab is equipped with multiple microtomes for paraffin embedded or frozen tissue preperation
- Introduction to Neuroscience and Advanced Neuroscience students use these devices to process brain tissue for analysis by fluorescent or bright-field microscopy
Microscopy
- Olympus digital microscopes and imaging software allow students to view real-time images of tissue sections or capture images for off-line analysis
