Open hardware low-cost system for behavioral experiments simultaneously with electrophysiological recordings

Autor: Aguiar, Leandro A. A., de Vasconcelos, Nivaldo A P, Tunes, Gabriela Chiuffa, Fontenele, Antonio J., Reyes, Marcelo Bussotti, de Albuquerque Nogueira, Romildo, Carelli, Pedro V.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
DOI: 10.1101/821843
Popis: A major frontier in neuroscience is to find neural correlates of perception, learning, decision making, and a variety of other types of behavior. In the last decades, modern devices have provided to simultaneously record not only the different responses but also the electrical activity of large neuronal populations. However, the commercially available instruments for behavioral recordings are expensive, and the design of low-cost operate condition chamber has emerged as an appealing alternative to resource-limited laboratories engaged in animal behavior. In this article, we provide a full description of an experimental platform for simultaneously recording behavior and electrical activity of a neural population. The programming of this platform is open source and flexible so that any behavioral task can be implemented. We show examples of behavioral experiments with freely moving rats with simultaneous electrophysiological recordings.
Databáze: OpenAIRE