Automated visual choice discrimination learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
| Autor: | Stephan C.F. Neuhauss, Kaspar P. Mueller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Behavior Control
Visual perception genetic structures Danio Stimulus (physiology) Cognitive neuroscience Choice Behavior Discrimination Learning Human–computer interaction Animals Computer vision Discrimination learning Zebrafish Behavior Animal biology business.industry General Neuroscience Usability General Medicine biology.organism_classification Video tracking Visual Perception Artificial intelligence Psychology business Behavioral Research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 11:73-85 |
| ISSN: | 1757-448X 0219-6352 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s0219635212500057 |
| Popis: | Training experimental animals to discriminate between different visual stimuli has been an important tool in cognitive neuroscience as well as in vision research for many decades. Current methods used for visual choice discrimination training of zebrafish require human observers for response tracking, stimulus presentation and reward delivery and, consequently, are very labor intensive and possibly experimenter biased. By combining video tracking of fish positions, stimulus presentation on computer monitors and food delivery by computer-controlled electromagnetic valves, we developed a method that allows for a fully automated training of multiple adult zebrafish to arbitrary visual stimuli in parallel. The standardized training procedure facilitates the comparison of results across different experiments and laboratories and contributes to the usability of zebrafish as vertebrate model organisms in behavioral brain research and vision research. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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