Wayne Brake lab tour
Andrew Duncan (undergraduate 311) dissects prefrontal cortex to run a Western blot for synaptic proteins.
Catherine Loiselle (undergraduate 311) estimates estrous cycle in female rats by looking at smears under the microscope.
Dema Hussain (undergraduate honours) places a rat in the t-maze in search of the elusive Froot Loop!
Jeff Nador (undergraduate volunteer) is bonding with a rat - trying to steal its Froot Loops!
The "wet" lab, where the brains are processed for histological analysis.
One of the three operant behavior testing systems, where rats are trained to press a lever to receive a reward. Rewards can be drug, food, or sweet solutions.
The activity monitoring system. We use it to study the effects of different substances and environmental manipulations on the motor activity of the rats.