Mousy
Abbreviations
At the Bench
Brainy
Miscellaneous
100

The full nomenclature for the background strain all of our mouse lines are on

What is C57BL/6J

100

aCSF

What is artificial cerebral spinal fluid?

100

The amount of 10x PBS required to make 1L of 1x PBS

What is 100mL?

100

The target for Tamoxifen.

What is the mouse estrogen receptor or mouse estrogen receptor 1 (Esr1)?

100

A programming language and also a scary snake.

What is Python.

200

The number of mouse lines we currently have in the colony.

What is 16?

200

fEPSPs

What are field excitatory postsynaptic potentials?

200

The function of Triton X in IHC

To permeabilize the membrane 

200

A partial a7nAChR agonist used in the lab and clinical trials to improve memory. 

What is EVP-6124?

200

The three parts of a tri-partite synapse.

What is a presynaptic cell, a post synaptic cell, and an Astrocyte?

300

The promoter for the Glast-Cre mouse.

What is Slc1a3?

300

PPF

What is Paired-pulse facilitation?

300

The max volume of the pipette with the blue plunger.

1000uL

300

The target of the selective neurotoxin DSP4.

What are Locus coeruleus NE neurons?

300

The source of agarose for agarose gels (ecological, not vendor)

What is marine algae and seaweed?

400

A health condition where mice have misaligned teeth that are unable to be worn down with normal chewing/gnawing.

What is malocclusion?

400

DBH

What is Dopamine beta-hydroxylase?

400

An analytical chemistry technique used to identify and quantify components in a sample.

What is HPLC?

400

The coordinates for typical hippocampal AAV injection.

What is AP -2.0 ML - 1.5 DV - 1.5?

400

Potent and toxic compounds acting as endocrine disruptors found in many food wrappers, self-care items, and medications.

What are Phthalates?

500

Region of the heart where the needle is inserted during cardiac perfusion.

What is the left ventricle?

500

STARDUST

S- Spatio T- Temporal A- Analysis of R- Regional D- Dynamics & U- Unbiased S- Sorting of T- Transients

500

A procedure that both amplifies and quantifies a DNA sequence.

What is qPCR?

500

The enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of AMP into adenosine.

What is CD73

500

Thomas' children, in order from oldest to youngest.

Who are Calvin, Elliot, and Graham?

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