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Journal Club, meeting Spring 2011
The WWU Neuroscience Journal Club meets once a month to discuss a common scientific journal article. The idea behind these meetings is much like a book club, where everyone reads the same thing, and then gets together to talk about it. The goal is that no one person teaches the article, but rather that everyone works through the article together, learning as they go. Our articles are chosen to be interesting, moderate in difficulty, and of course, related to neuroscience. Currently, we are focusing on articles that have been written by WWU faculty. Hopefully understanding the research happening at Western will encourage students to contact faculty researchers and get involved.
Here are some things to think about while reading... 1) Name of the article 2) Departments 3) What is the research?
4) Summarize the introduction, paying attention to past studies that are mentioned. What has already been done? What are they going to do in this paper, and why does this have to be done in relation to the past studies?
5) Briefly explain the methods section. Look at subjects (number and kind), materials, and measures.
6) Summarize the results.
7) Outline the discussion; this can be one of the most interesting sections because it is where the authors give meaning to the data. What did they find, what do these findings mean? What could they have done better? What would YOU have done differently?
Please make sure you print off and read the articles before you come to the journal club meeting. Past meetings22nd Meeting: Tuesday November 8th at 6:00 PM - AW 303
Article for Discussion: Mice lacking caspase-2 are protected from
behavioral changes, but not pathology, in the
YAC128 model of Huntington disease
Carroll et al.21st Meeting: Tuesday October 4th at 6:00 PM - AW 303
Article for Discussion: Predator Cat Odors Activate Sexual Arousal Pathways in
Brains of Toxoplasma gondii Infected Rats
House, P. K., Vyas, A., Sapolsky, R.
20th Meeting: Tuesday May 17th at 6:00 PM - AW 303
Article for Discussion: Modeling schizophrenia using human induced pluripotent stem cells
Brennand, K., Simone, A.*, Jou, J.*, Gelboin-Burkhart, C.*, Tran, N.*, Sangar, S., et al., 2011
19th Meeting: Tuesday April 19th at 6:00 PM - AW 303
Article for Discussion: Temperature, Oxygen, and Salt-Sensing Neurons in C. elegans Are Carbon Dioxide Sensors that Control Avoidance Behavior
Bretscher, A., Kodama-Namba, E., Busch, K., Murphy, R., Soltesz, Z., Laurent, P., & de Bono, M. (2011) 18th Meeting: Tuesday February 15th at 6:00 PM - AW 302
Article for Discussion: Time-Dependent
Increases in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protein Levels within
the Mesolimbic Dopamine System after Withdrawl from Cocaine:
Implications for Incubation of Cocaine Craving
Grimm, J.W., Lu, L., Hayashi, T., Hope, B., Su, T., & Shaham, Y. (2003)
17th Meeting: Tuesday January 18th at 6:00 PM - AW 302
Article for Discussion: Enriched Environment Improves Motor Function and Increases Neurotrophins in Hemicerebellar Lesioned Rats
Gelfo, F. et al. (2010)
15th Meeting - Wednesday April 21st at 5:00 PM in AW 408 Kilner, J., Neal, A., Weiskopf, N., Friston, K., & Frith, C. (2009) 14th Meeting - Wednesday March 24th at 6:00 PM in AW 408 13th Meeting - Wednesday Jaunary 27th 6pm AW 205
7th Meeting, Nov. 20th 2008
The Role of Sleep in Learning and Memory
Pierre Maquet
6th Meeting, October 14th, 2008. Jeff W. Grimm, et al.
5th Meeting, May 21st. 4th Meeting, April 16th. Hendrik J. Smit, Elizabeth A. Gaffan, & Peter J. Rogers.
3rd Meeting, February 20th. Francisco Varela, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Eugenio Rodriguez and Jacques Martinerie 2nd Meeting, November 28th. Kelly J. Jantzen, Brian Anderson, Fred L Steinberg, and J. A. Scott Kelso | |
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