Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Combined In Vivo Anatomical and Functional Tracing of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Terminals in the Hippocampus

Amita Shrestha¹, Philip A. Adeniyi¹, Olalekan M. Ogundele¹

¹Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

The current protocol demonstrates a simple method for tracing of ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate projections to the hippocampus. Photostimulation of VTA glutamate neurons was combined with CA1 recording to demonstrate how VTA glutamate terminals modulate CA1 putative pyramidal firing rate in vivo.

Biology

Construction of a Realistic, Whole-Body, Three-Dimensional Equine Skeletal Model using Computed Tomography Data

Alexander K. K. Lee¹, Elizabeth W. Uhl², Michelle L. Osborn¹

¹Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, ²Department of Pathology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

The purpose of this protocol is to describe the method of creation of a realistic, whole-body, skeletal model of a horse that can be used for functional anatomical and biomechanical modeling to characterize whole-body mechanics.