MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Working Title: A Literature Review of Dopamine Circuit Development in Mus musculus and Peromyscus californicus

Audience: This review is intended for my lab and my thesis committee (experts).

Context: This review will be used as part of my thesis.
Purpose: A literature review will highlight the gap in current research and the motivation for the study as a whole.

Content: This review will synthesize the extant literature regarding dopamine development in model organisms throughout life and between sexes. Additionally, I will discuss existing neurotransmitter maps of the Peromyscus californicus and recent tissue processing and imaging techniques (i.e. tissue clearing and light sheet microscopy).

Document Type: Review of Literature

Design/Format: This document will be written in prose (as is convention) and I will not be using document design.
Citation Style: APA (Formal)

Very interesting idea! I'm not sure if you are working in the Glasper lab, but they are doing very similar work with psychological behavior in peromyscus mice! It would be interesting to see if there is a difference in the dopamine circuit depending on whether the mouse is monogamous or peromyscus, potentially in peromyscus polionotus and maniculatus.

J, the annotated bibliography assignment is perfect for you, to prep for this.

I think this will meet the page requirement. You can write a few sentences about some of your anticipated results.

Also, a very explicit discussion of research questions and experiment design can be a good cover note to your review of the lit.