University of Nevada Las Vegas

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Biology

Growing Magnetotactic Bacteria of the Genus Magnetospirillum: Strains MSR-1, AMB-1 and MS-1

Lucas Le Nagard¹, Viviana Morillo-López², Cecile Fradin¹, Dennis A. Bazylinski²

¹Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University, ²School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas

We present a procedure for growing several strains of Magnetospirillum in two different types of growth media. Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense strain MSR-1 is grown in both liquid and O₂ concentration gradient semi-solid media while M. magneticum strain AMB-1 and M. magnetotacticum strain MS-1 are grown in liquid medium.

Neuroscience

Bilateral Assessment of the Corticospinal Pathways of the Ankle Muscles Using Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Charalambos C. Charalambous^1,2, Jing Nong Liang^3,4, Steve A. Kautz^2,5, Mark S. George^5,6, Mark G. Bowden^2,5,7

¹Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, ²Department of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, ³Department of Physical Therapy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, ⁴Department of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, ⁵Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, ⁶Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, ⁷Division of Physical Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina

The present protocol describes the simultaneous, bilateral assessment of the corticomotor response of the tibialis anterior and soleus during rest and tonic voluntary activation using a single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuronavigation system.