What is the weight of ventral hippocampus?

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What is the significance of serotonin and its metabolite on stress ?

What is the significance of increasing serotonin level of stressed rat compared to normal one and slight increase of 5HIAA level in stressed rat. With higher 5HIAA/5HT ratio in normal one.

21 October 2020 2,165 5 View

Granular cell in hippocampus

I want method in estimating the thickness of the granular cells by histology. Is estimating the thickness of the granular cells of great value ? Thanks

01 January 1970 5,208 2 View

Do head direction cells necessarily encode in an allocentric reference frame?

According to the vertebrate literature, I got the impression that head-direction cells are always anchored to an allocentric reference frame. This can easily be tested with freely moving animals....

27 January 2021 3,821 3 View

BrdU staining issue?

Hi everyone. I bumped into the difficulty that I couldn't get any signals from my brain section in the DG region of hippocampus. However, I have standardized the BrdU protocol in my brain...

13 January 2021 9,449 0 View

What are some factors that would result in a small fEPSP?

Hi everyone, I'm consistently having small fEPSP's of approximately -0.01 mv. I've been moving the position of my electrodes and increasing the stimulation intensity but the response doesn't...

03 December 2020 7,125 7 View

What is an appropriate tip diameter size for a stimulating electrode?

I'm setting up an electrophysiology rig examining LTP in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. What is an appropriate tip diameter size for a stimulating electrode to generate fEPSP? Also, I'm...

01 December 2020 5,139 2 View

How to check spread of AAV2 virus that doesn't express fluorophores?

Hi, I am injecting AAV2-Retro virus (AAV2-retro-EF1a-DIO-FLPo-WPRE-hGHpA from Addgene) that carries cre-dependent flp recombinase, in the mouse dorsal hippocampus and I need to verify that the...

08 November 2020 9,559 3 View

Which anesthesia system should I buy to perform stereotaxic surgeries in mice?

I am trying to start a protocol involving bilateral cannula implantation in specific brain regions in mice (mPFC, hippocampus). For that, I need to buy an anesthesia system. I found many...

06 November 2020 3,613 3 View

Anyone familiar with antioxidant studies on rats' brain homogenate?

I am looking for a skilled personnel in Kuwait University that is familiar with antioxidant studies using ELISA kit or other techniques on rat's brain homogenate, particularly the hippocampal and...

04 November 2020 5,481 1 View

What is the best method for miRNA expression analysis in Rat hippocampus?

Hello to all. I am performing a thesis on Cognitive disorder modeling in rats and the effect of Pharmacological Treatment on the disease and the expression of certain miRNAs. I am seeking...

14 October 2020 6,690 1 View

Effect on MARK4 activity and microtubule of alzheimer mice brain?

I have to determine the effect of some phytoconstituent on MARK4 and microtubule of neuron. How can I do it. I mean do I have to first extract the MARK4 from hippocampus and cortex by RT PCR and...

12 October 2020 653 1 View

Do you think that proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha, IL-1beta and IL-6 may act differently in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus?

Hello; In terms of learning and memory, do you think that proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 may act differently in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus? I've some...

08 September 2020 7,032 3 View