کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6270326 1295204 2009 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A novel method for precisely timed stimulation of mouse whiskers in a freely moving preparation: Application for delivery of the conditioned stimulus in trace eyeblink conditioning
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A novel method for precisely timed stimulation of mouse whiskers in a freely moving preparation: Application for delivery of the conditioned stimulus in trace eyeblink conditioning
چکیده انگلیسی
The somatosensory whisker pathway has been a useful system for increasing our understanding of experience-induced plasticity. However, precisely timed whisker activation in the awake freely moving mouse has been very difficult. This manuscript describes a method for construction of a whisker stimulator that can be attached to a freely moving mouse. The stimulator was used to activate the whiskers in a time-sensitive forebrain-dependent task, trace eyeblink conditioning. After repeatedly pairing whisker stimulation with delivery of a mild periorbital shock following a stimulus-free trace interval, trace-conditioned mice were able to learn the association. This study demonstrates the potential for using the whisker stimulator in time-sensitive behavioral tasks, such as trace eyeblink conditioning, thus enhancing our ability to examine experience-induced neuronal plasticity in the somatosensory whisker pathway in awake behaving rodents.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods - Volume 177, Issue 2, 15 March 2009, Pages 434-439
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