January 15th, 2014

This morning we completed microinjections for three groups of rats (Group D: 1, 2, 3). I weighed out solutions of MSG and Saccharin. The first set of microinjections (D1) went smoothly; all rats received saccharin. Fortunately, we didn't need to redo any of them! Following the first set, Bekah and I flipped the water for all rats in group C for one hour.The second and third set also went smoothly. All rats received MSG in D2 and all rats in D3 received saccharin. After the third set of microinjections, Bekah and I replaced the cages for rats in group C. We noticed that one rat had the L and R cannula switched, so we had to make note that there had been a mix up at some point. Also, we gave all of the rats in D fifteen minutes of water. I'm looking forward to tomorrow!