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Behavior

Use of an Eight-arm Radial Water Maze to Assess Working and Reference Memory Following Neonatal Brain Injury
Stephanie C. Penley 1, Cynthia M. Gaudet 2, Steven W. Threlkeld 1
1Department of Psychology, Rhode Island College, 2Department of Biology, Rhode Island College

The eight-arm radial water maze is designed to evaluate reference and working memory performance simultaneously by requiring subjects to use extra-maze cues to locate escape platforms and remedies the limitations observed in land based radial arm maze designs.

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Neuroscience

Dissection and Immunohistochemistry of the Drosophila Adult Leg to Detect Changes at the Neuromuscular Junction for an Identified Motor Neuron
Geoff Stilwell 1, Anthony Agudelo *1,2
1Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, 2Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

We describe a dissection technique that preserves the architecture of the neuromuscular junction and enables a detailed immunocytochemical study of motor neurons in the adult Drosophila leg.

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