Neurology Archives - Teaching and Learning Services /tls/tag/neurology/ ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:09:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Profile: Neurology and Mental Health Major I-CUREUS Participant /tls/2016/3646/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3646&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3646 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:44:53 +0000 http://carleton.ca/discoverycentre/?p=3646 As an I-CUREUS student in Dr. Alfonso Abizaid’s lab I had the opportunity to work with a Masters student on a follow-up study to complement a previous study she had worked on. Our project looked at the role of the hunger hormone ghrelin in mediating anxious behaviours in mice using three behavioural paradigms: a social interaction test, eating in a strange environment and an open-field test. This allowed us to see how blocking ghrelin activity with a drug might influence social anxiety in particular.

My role included recording daily weight, food & water intake measurements for a group of mice, administering injections, running the three behavioural tests mentioned above, video scoring and some basic data analysis.

It is great to experience research first-hand which is very different from classes. In addition, seeing the scientific process in action is very interesting! I would highly recommend an I-CUREUS project for any student interested in learning more about research, and what it’s like to work in a lab setting, especially for students interested in pursuing grad school or work on 4th year thesis.

Anne Wilson

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