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HHMI Biointeractive: Neurophysiology Virtual Lab
published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Available Languages: English, Spanish
This digital lab provides an easy-to-use set of tools to investigate and map how different neurons in a leech's nervous system respond to different touch sensations. First, learn how biologists dissect a leech. Then click a virtual neuron and stimulate the neuron by choosing a weak, medium, or strong probe tool. If you were able to generate an action potential, spikes will appear on the voltage vs. time graph. Another digital tool allows users to inject neurons with dye to observe their actual appearance. Can you correctly identify the neuron's type by comparing its electrical and anatomical data? NOTE: This virtual lab was recently rewritten to HTML. The older Shockwave version is also available on the website.

This activity is part of HHMI Biointeractives, a large collection of stand-alone, classroom-ready interactive simulations and video tutorials for high school and undergraduate students.
https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/neurophysiology...
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Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
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This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 license. Each interactive resource contains information regarding specific copyright, which may belong to individuals.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Keywords:
action potential, electrophysiology, ganglion, neuron, neuroscience, sensory neuron, voltage
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Metadata instance created October 4, 2021 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
October 4, 2021 by Caroline Hall
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April 4, 2019

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