University of Salahaddin
3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Neuroscience
Neural Circuit Recording from an Intact Cockroach Nervous System
Josh S. Titlow 1, Zana R. Majeed 1,2, H. Bernard Hartman 3, Ellen Burns 1, Robin L. Cooper 1
1Department of Biology, University of Kentucky , 2Department of Biology, University of Salahaddin, 3Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
This article describes the cockroach ventral nerve cord dissection and extracellular recordings from the cercal nerve and connectives. Evoked responses are generated by electrical stimulation of the cercal nerve or direct mechanical stimulation of the cerci.
Neuroscience
Intracellular Recording, Sensory Field Mapping, and Culturing Identified Neurons in the Leech, Hirudo medicinalis
Josh Titlow 1, Zana R. Majeed 1,2, John G Nicholls 3, Robin L. Cooper 1
1Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, 2Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Salahaddin, Iraq, 3Department of Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, SISSA, Italy
This article describes three nervous system preparations using leeches: intracellular recording from neurons in ventral ganglia, culturing neurons from ventral ganglia, and recording from a patch of innervated skin to map sensory fields.
JoVE Journal
Proprioception and Tension Receptors in Crab Limbs: Student Laboratory Exercises
Zana R. Majeed 1,2, Josh Titlow 1,2, H. Bernard Hartman 3, Robin Cooper 1,2
1Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, 2Center of Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky, 3Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
Physiological and anatomical techniques are demonstrated to address function and structure for joint proprioceptors and muscle tension receptors in crustacean walking limbs.
