Albion College Neuroscience students can take advantage of numerous research opportunities.  Resources available to our students facilitate work in:

• Animal Behavior
  • Automated T-mazes
  • Radial Arm Maze
  • Modular runway components, pellet dispensers, and dippers
  • Med State & Coulbourn Instruments interfacing hardware and software
  • Vivarium for the housing of as many as 300 rats
• Human Psychophysiology and Cognitive Science
  • BioPac 2000 system for EEG, EMG, EOG, GSR, EKG
  • Eye Tracker for visual studies
  • Computer labs for studies of perception and cognition
• Electron Microscopy
• Neurophysiology and Anatomy
  • Stereotaxic devices
  • Electrolytic and radiofrequency lesion generators
  • Hamilton microsyringes and syringe pumps
  • Leica sliding microtome with freezing stage

In the recent past our students have conducted research examining

• Ginkgo's effects on memory and decision-making
• Foveal vs peripheral recognition of emotional facial expressions
• Experimental neurosis in rats
• Antidepressant effects on "Crespi-induced" depression in rats
• Septal lesions and spatial memory

See our Celebrating Success page for evidence of our students' many accomplishments.