Resources at Wheaton for Psychobiologists

* Campus Vivarium: outfitted with 125 gal and 40 gal River Systems freshwater tanks; additional smaller tanks housing African and South American cichlids, other small fish; rats in a unique community cage setting; green iguana colony; invertebrates; turtles; lizards; cold-water marine tanks

* Observation Room: outfitted with one-way glass window, closed circuit video recording, computer-aided videotracking

* Microscopy Room: fluorescent microscopes with full video and still-photo imaging

* Behavioral Testing Equipment: including Morris water maze, radial arm maze, open fields, T-maze, elevated plus maze

* Cell Culture Room

* Histology Resources: wax-impregnation technologies and freezing microtome; computer-aided image analysis

* Psychophysiological Recording/Manipulation: stereotaxic instruments, Grass Instruments polygraph recorders, bioamplifiers, stimulators, and lesion-makers; B&K real-time oscilloscopes; MacLab system virtual oscilloscopes and electrophysiological recording instruments, eyetracking system

* "Outside" Resources: documented and state-protected vernal pool; multi-acre undeveloped woodlot, mapped arboretum; close proximity to Capron Park Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Norton Town Conservancy land

* GC Mass Spectroscopy

* GROWING! The list of available equipment continues to grow, as Wheaton successfully competes for grants for math and science equipment