Meeting location: GC 008c at 3:00 pm sharp. Note that this room is in the basement of the GC building. 

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BEFORE the lab: download the free Guidelines for ethical conduct in the care and use of non-human animals in research. Read this before Lab #1.

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Activities: 

 

1.  Education on animal welfare and ethics 

2.  learn all about the runway maze paradigm

3.  1/2 the class moves to SCA007 (Skaggs Bldg) the other half stays in the GC basement

4.  habituate each mouse to the runway maze by allowing them to explore the apparatus for 5 minutes

5.  animal care room maintenance responsibilities

6.  adjourn

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Note:  the mice's usual music will play in the room during the runway habituation.

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HOMEWORK: complete CITI training on the Ethical Treatment and Use of Laboratory Animals 

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Think about this!

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What, if anything, can we learn from experimenting and observing live mice that we cannot learn through computer simulations?

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How can studying rodents tell us anything about humans??

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