Curriculum

Explanation of how to prepare the frog for the following frog experiments: A02, A03, and A04.

Stimulate the frog gastrocnemius muscle and record threshold voltage and contractile responses. Option: Stimulate the muscle via the sciatic nerve.

Record Compound Action Potentials (CAP) from a dissected frog sciatic nerve.

Study the effects of media ionic composition, temperature, and various pharmacological agents on the contraction of the visceral smooth muscle of the rabbit ileum.

Record action potentials through a cockroach ventral nerve cord.

Measure the metabolic rate of goldfish at two different temperatures (acclimation temp and acute exposure temp) to demonstrate the Q10 principle.

Use extracellular recording techniques to stimulate and record action potentials. Measure conduction velocity and plot Strength vs. Duration.

Follows “Lab 4: Crayfish Resting Potential” from the Crawdad Lab Manual.

Perform extracellular recording on tobacco hornworm pupae to study central pattern generators (CPGs) and neural mechanisms. Video clip included.

Use a force transducer and tissue bath with isolated earthworm gut to measure contractions and the effect of drugs. Video clip included.

Examine electrical properties of myocardial cells in the vertebrate heart and study the effects of pharmacological probes on the cardiac action potential.

Practical labs on heart signals (ECG), brain waves (EEG), muscle activity (EMG), eye movement (EOG), and Respiration. Students record data from their own bodies, working individually or in small groups, on or off campus. #BIOPACSavestheLab

Students embark on real-world NIRS research using a student-friendly approach in these four guided lessons covering nine experiments. COBI Modern makes NIRS experimentation easy for students to start recording in under five minutes, and you can also use it to create your own lessons. For analysis, fNIRSoft includes tools for processing data and statistical analysis. Users can also import files in Excel and Matlab.

Biopac Student Lab’s NIRS lessons are derived from scientific publications, providing students the opportunity to repeat well-known physiological phenomenon, such as in the cuff-occlusion task, and discover trends in cognitive function among individuals.

Record a 12-lead ECG.

Explore Westheimer’s saccadic eye movement model with actual and model data.

Use the MP30 for Nerve Conduction Velocity along the ulnar nerve of a human subject. Video clip included.

Use the MP36 or MP35 for Nerve Conduction Velocity along the ulnar nerve of a human subject. Video clip included.

Record (noninvasive) blood pressure response to isometric or straining exercise.

Record the Wingate Anaerobic Test and complete Wingate Test calculations. In this lesson, the WAnT is performed on a modified, plate loaded, Monark 818E work ergometer.

Use a Force transducer to record the finger twitch from a human subject. Video clips included.

Use the Finger Twitch transducer to record the finger twitch from a human subject.

Active Learning Experiment for human EMG

Active Learning ECG Dive Reflex Experiment

Auditory Evoked Potential recordings from human subjects

Electroencephalography (EEG) and Hemispheric Asymmetry

Sensory-Motor Learning and Electrodermal Activity (EDA)

EOG: Angular Displacement – Saccade Study

EOG: Tracking study – Effect of visual stimulation vs. imagination

EOG: Ocular Fixations while reading (Part one: 3-lead)

EOG: Ocular Fixations while viewing an image (Part two: 6-lead)

Active Learning: Reflexes & Reaction Time

Biomechanics (Goniometry & EMG)

Exercise Physiology: Automatic Noninvasive Blood Pressure

Record and measure oxygen consumption and respiratory exchange ratio

Design and develop software-based digital filters and cascade 2nd-order biquads.

Record and measure relative differences in Cardiac Output and Stroke Volume using a noninvasive bioimpedance technique.

Visual Evoked Potential recordings from human subjects (P100 test)

Record ECG data under different experimental conditions and perform a Signal Averaged ECG recording for each segment of data.

Record EDR and Heart Rate response to repeated stimulus to demonstrate habituation and its probabilistic trend toward decreased response.

Schematics and design notes to build Active Filters, Sine Wave Generator, Logarithmic Amplifier, and Absolute Value Converter with SS39L and MP36, MP35, or MP30.

Block diagram to build ECG R-wave detector with SS39L and MP36, MP35, or MP30.

Record EMG response on the corrugator supercilii & zygomaticus major muscles.

Record knee and ankle reflex response with the SS36L Reflex Hammer transducer. Optional: Use SS20L Goniometer to measure angular movement in response to varying strike force.

This BSL PRO lesson describes the hardware and software setup of the BSL System in order to measure Oxygen Consumption (V̇O₂) using an open circuit indirect calorimetry technique. Metabolic Rate can then be calculated using the V̇O₂ measurement.

Record strength of interference between associative tasks: naming & reading.

Record the startle response with and without a prepulse inhibition stimulus.

Explore statistical measures, geometric measures, and spectral analysis in heart rate variability studies.

Build up a square wave composite waveform form sine components to examine the FFT.

Record an electrogastrogram (EGG) from a human subject.

Perform Range of Motion (ROM) and Sit and Reach tests with a goniometer and compare to normative values.

Measure changes in EMG with maximal contraction, as compared to baseline, incorporating different combinations of visual and auditory feedback.

Examines the impact of social support on stress; participant provides a photo of a socially supportive other (e.g., friend, family, pet). Students record and measure electrodermal activity (EDA) and an electrocardiogram (ECG) to calculate heart rate (HR) as physiological correlates to stress.

The EMG-Controlled Robotic/Prosthetic Gripper Lesson Set (BSL PRO H40) is used with the BSL breadboard and BME accessories to build a simplified two-axis, robotic, prosthetic gripper that students use their own EMG signals to control. The 10 lab series provides a basic introduction of how to create an artificial body part that is controlled by the human nervous system. It includes:

• 10 Labs
  • Background Info + Lab Objectives
  • Step-by-step instructions for wiring, data collection and analysis.
  • Data Report
• Appendix
  • Instructions for creating templates (.gtl files) for each lab from scratch
  • Guides for troubleshooting
  • 1-Interval Difference Assumption (explains calculations used in greater depth)
  • Glossary
• Instructor’s Guide
  • Tolerances for Data Report measurements
  • Note to the instructor
  • Suggestions for customization and expansion

Mechanical Tasks

Bipolar Leads (Leads I, II, III), Einthoven’s Law, Mean Electrical Axis on the Frontal Plane

Reaction Time & Learning With Fixed-interval and Pseudo-random Presentation Trials of visual LED stimulation

Anatomical and Physiological Elements of Simple Spinal Reflexes

Motor Unit Recruitment

Mechanical Work

Components of the ECG

Electrocardiography

Alpha Rhythms in the Occipital Lobe

Electrooculogram

Autonomic Nervous System

Heart & Metabolic Demands

Brain Fixed & Pseudo-random Intervals

The Respiratory System