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<html> هذه التجارب هي بسيطة للغاية لتشغيل ولكن تأثير أحجام كبيرة جدا ، مما يجعلها حساسة للغاية للعلاجات ، والاختلافات السلالة ، الخ وهي تتفق مع الجانب &quot;تنقيح&quot; من راسيل وبورتش في 3 روبية &quot;18. في الواقع ، والأداء الجيد في اختبارات مثل تختبئ ويبدو أن يكون مؤشرا جيدا للصحة العامة في الحيوانات. وبالتالي يمكن أن يكون هذا اختبارا جيدا لتقييم الرفق بالحيوان. ومن المعروف جيدا أهمية تخصيب البيئية للقوارض المختبرات في هذه الأيام. توفير مواد التعشيش الآن ممارسة معتادة في منازل الكثير من الحيوانات ، وهذا أمر من السهل القيام به. الحماس الذي يجعل تختبئ الفئران تحفر لتخصيب ممتازة يحتمل ، ولكن للأسف الذاتي &quot;إعادة&quot; الجحر الذي سيكون وسيلة عملية لتوفير هذا لم يتم حتى الآن نموا. إذا كان العثور على الفئران اكتناز إثراء لم يتحدد بعد. _content &quot;&gt; عيب واحد هو أن البيانات التي تولدها هذه الاختبارات بصفة عامة غير المعلمية (وليس التمويه في التوزيع) ، وهناك حاجة لذلك غير مناسب بارامترية إحصاءات لتحليلها ، على سبيل المثال اختبار مان ويتني U للمقارنات البشرى ، كروسكال - اليس ANOVA لمجموعة البيانات المتعددة. إذا تم استخدام تكرار التصميمات وتدابير ، لأنه ليس هناك أي اختبار ANOVA مناسبة لغير بارامترية البيانات ، يمكن أن تتحول هذه النتائج ، مثلا عن طريق الجذر التربيعي أو إجراءات تسجيل لجعلها مطابقة لتوزيع أكثر طبيعية . يمكن للقياسات الجهاز يكون مختلفا قليلا الى تلك المحددة في النص (مفيدة للالمجربون الولايات المتحدة) ولكن ينبغي تجنب خلافات واسعة. ومع ذلك ، في بعض الحالات ، قد يجد المجربون أخرى الانشاءات المختلفة تعمل بشكل أفضل من تلك التي وصفها هنا. كما لجميع القياسات السلوكية ، ينبغي اختباره على الفئران لمعرفة ما اذا مستويات نشاطهم طبيعية ، وسوف يكون الخمول الواضح detrimental تأثير على الأنواع التقليدية السلوكيات. وكانت مستويات نشاطهم عندما سكرابي الفئران المصابة كانت تختبئ تظهر ضعف وتداخل ، العادي (اختبار في جهاز حقل مفتوح). في الواقع ، وهي فترة من النشاط الزائد يحدث حوالي 2-4 أسابيع بعد ضعاف أولا هذه السلوكيات الأنواع النموذجية 2. وضعف قوية تنتجها الآفات الحصينية على تختبئ ، تداخل واكتناز ، والتي هي من الأنواع التقليدية ، السلوكيات ، ويكمل العاهات في التعلم المكاني والتي هي من هذا القبيل memory9 راسخة آثار هذه الآفات. على ما يبدو أن يكون معادلا لعاهات في أنشطة الحياة اليومية من سمات ميلادي 14. قد تكون هذه الاختبارات الأنواع النموذجية تثبت جيدا لتكون ذات فائدة كبيرة في الفحص قبل السريرية لعلاج لمرض الزهايمر والأمراض العصبية الأخرى 14. في كثير من اضطرابات الدماغ البشري قدرة خسارة أو تخفيض لأداء عشية العاديryday مهام لا تقل أهمية عن غيرها من الميزات لهذا المرض مثل ضعف الادراك. خاصة ، وهذا قد يتطلب إشراك فقدان مقدمي الرعاية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية هذا عبء كبير في كثير من الأحيان تفرض.

assessing burrowing, nest construction, and hoarding in mice

تدهور في القدرة على تنفيذ &quot;نشاطات الحياة اليومية&quot; (ADL) هو علامة مبكرة لمرض الزهايمر (ميلادي). الفحص قبل السريرية للعلاجات السلوكية الممكنة لميلادي الى حد كبير في الوقت الراهن تركز على التجارب المعرفية ، مما يتطلب في كثير من الأحيان معدات باهظة الثمن والكثير من الوقت مجرب. ومع ذلك ، والذاكرة العرضية الإنسان (الجانب الأكثر تضررا من الذاكرة في ميلادي) مختلفة إلى الذاكرة القوارض ، والذي يبدو إلى حد كبير غير العرضية. ولذلك طرق الفحص الحالية للعلاجات جديدة لميلادي ميلادي في القوارض من المستبعد أن ينجح في جوهرها. ومن شأن اتباع نهج جديد لفحص ما قبل السريرية تكون لتوصيف ADL من الفئران. مصادفة ، فقد تم مؤخرا العديد من هذه المقايسات المتقدمة في جامعة أكسفورد ، وهنا يتم تقديم الثلاثة الأكثر حساسية وتتميز كذلك. وكان أول من طور تختبئ في أكسفورد 13. تطورت فإنه من الحاجة إلى تطوير نموذج اكتناز الماوس. معظم نشرمطلوب نماذج الطبعة اكتناز القوارض تكون مرتبطة مصدر الغذاء بعيدة إلى قفص المنزل بواسطة ممر يربط. وهذا يتضمن تعديل قفص المنزل فضلا عن جعل ماوس إثبات مرور وربط مصدر الغذاء. حتى ما إذا كان يعتبر انه سيكون من الممكن وضع مصدر الغذاء داخل القفص. وكانت كريات الغذاء وجد أنه إذا وضعت وعاء على الأرض وإفراغها من قبل صباح اليوم التالي.. ، ، ومع ذلك ، أودعت ببساطة في كومة عند مدخل حاوية ، بدلا من وضعها في مكان منفصل بعيدا عن الحاوية ، كما يمكن أن يتوقع إذا كانت الفئران اكتناز حقا لهم. وأظهرت وثيقة التفتيش أن الفئران كانوا يقومون بحفر (&quot;تختبئ&quot;) الحركات ، التي لا تحمل الكريات في أفواههم إلى مكان المحددة كما لو اكتناز حقا لهم. 6 الكريات الغذائية لا تشكل الركيزة الأساسية للنقب ؛ الفئران أنابيب فارغة ومليئة بالحصى والرمل ، والفراش حتى المتسخة من القفص الخاصة بهم. أكثرأكثر ، فإنها فارغة أنبوب الكامل حتى لو وضعت فارغ بجانبه 8. تداخل العديد من البروتوكولات موجودة في الأدب. في أكسفورد تمثل أحد يبسط الإجراءات وسجل لديها نظام واضح المعالم لجودة عش 5. وقد وضعت في وقت لاحق واكتناز في النموذج الذي تم تكييفه للفئران ، بدلا من العودة الى اكتناز القفص الوطن الحقيقية ، للعيش في &quot;قاعدة الداخل&quot; من جهاز الاحتكار. كان على علاقة هذه القاعدة مقرا لأنبوب مصنوع من اسلاك ، ونهاية البعيدة التي تحتوي على مصدر الغذاء. أثبت هذا الترتيب لانتاج اكتناز السلوك الجيد ، طالما تم تكييف الفئران على العيش في &quot;قاعدة الوطن&quot; خلال النهار ، ويسمح فقط لإدخال أنبوب اكتناز ليلا.

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Assessing Burrowing, Nest Construction, and Hoarding in Mice

نقب ، واكتناز وتداخل الأنواع النموذجية الأنشطة التي تؤدي بسهولة الفئران في المختبر. توضح هذه المقالة كيف يمكن أن بسهولة وبثمن بخس المقررة. هذه البروتوكولات هي حساسة للغاية لسلالة الفأر ، والآفات والأمراض في الدماغ. وعلاوة على ذلك فهي تشكل &quot;تخصيب البيئية&quot; للفئران ، وتجسد &quot;تنقيح&quot; جانب من جوانب &quot;3 روبية&quot; 18.

تقييم الاختراق ، عش البناء ، واكتناز في الفئران

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31.7K Views.  University of Oxford. نقب ، واكتناز وتداخل الأنواع النموذجية الأنشطة التي تؤدي بسهولة الفئران في المختبر. توضح هذه المقالة كيف يمكن أن بسهولة وبثمن بخس المقررة. هذه البروتوكولات هي حساسة للغاية لسلالة الفأر ، والآفات والأمراض في الدماغ. وعلاوة على ذلك فهي تشكل "تخصيب البيئية" ل?...

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T-maze Forced Alternation and Left-right Discrimination Tasks for Assessing Working and Reference Memory in Mice

Forced alternation and left-right discrimination tasks using the T-maze have been widely used to assess working and reference memory, respectively, in rodents. In our laboratory, we evaluated the two types of memory in more than 30 strains of genetically engineered mice using the automated version of this apparatus. Here, we present the modified T-maze apparatus operated by a computer with a video-tracking system and our protocols in a movie format. The T-maze apparatus consists of runways partitioned off by sliding doors that can automatically open downward, each with a start box, a T-shaped alley, two boxes with automatic pellet dispensers at one side of the box, and two L-shaped alleys. Each L-shaped alley is connected to the start box so that mice can return to the start box, which excludes the effects of experimenter handling on mouse behavior. This apparatus also has an advantage that in vivo microdialysis, in vivo electrophysiology, and optogenetics techniques can be performed during T-maze performance because the doors are designed to go down into the floor. In this movie article, we describe T-maze tasks using the automated apparatus and the T-maze performance of &alpha;-CaMKII+/- mice, which are reported to show working memory deficits in the eight-arm radial maze task. Our data indicated that &alpha;-CaMKII+/- mice showed a working memory deficit, but no impairment of reference memory, and are consistent with previous findings using the eight-arm radial maze task, which supports the validity of our protocol. In addition, our data indicate that mutants tended to exhibit reversal learning deficits, suggesting that &alpha;-CaMKII deficiency causes reduced behavioral flexibility. Thus, the T-maze test using the modified automatic apparatus is useful for assessing working and reference memory and behavioral flexibility in mice.

This article presents the protocol of T-maze tests using a modified automated apparatus for assessing the learning and memory functions in mice.

T-المتاهة التناوب القسري والمهام التمييز بين اليسار واليمين لتقييم العمل ومرجع الذاكرة في الفئران

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Local and Global Methods of Assessing Thermal Nociception in Drosophila Larvae

In this article, we demonstrate assays to study thermal nociception in Drosophila larvae. One assay involves spatially-restricted (local) stimulation of thermal nociceptors1,2 while the second involves a wholesale (global) activation of most or all such neurons3. Together, these techniques allow visualization and quantification of the behavioral functions of Drosophila nociceptive sensory neurons.
The Drosophila larva is an established model system to study thermal nociception, a sensory response to potentially harmful temperatures that is evolutionarily conserved across species1,2. The advantages of Drosophila for such studies are the relative simplicity of its nervous system and the sophistication of the genetic techniques that can be used to dissect the molecular basis of the underlying biology4-6 In Drosophila, as in all metazoans, the response to noxious thermal stimuli generally involves a "nocifensive" aversive withdrawal to the presented stimulus7. Such stimuli are detected through free nerve endings or nociceptors and the amplitude of the organismal response depends on the number of nociceptors receiving the noxious stimulus8. In Drosophila, it is the class IV dendritic arborization sensory neurons that detect noxious thermal and mechanical stimuli9 in addition to their recently discovered role as photoreceptors10. These neurons, which have been very well studied at the developmental level, arborize over the barrier epidermal sheet and make contacts with nearly all epidermal cells11,12. The single axon of each class IV neuron projects into the ventral nerve cord of the central nervous system11 where they may connect to second-order neurons that project to the brain.
Under baseline conditions, nociceptive sensory neurons will not fire until a relatively high threshold is reached. The assays described here allow the investigator to quantify baseline behavioral responses or, presumably, the sensitization that ensues following tissue damage. Each assay provokes distinct but related locomotory behavioral responses to noxious thermal stimuli and permits the researcher to visualize and quantify various aspects of thermal nociception in Drosophila larvae. The assays can be applied to larvae of desired genotypes or to larvae raised under different environmental conditions that might impact nociception. Since thermal nociception is conserved across species, the findings gleaned from genetic dissection in Drosophila will likely inform our understanding of thermal nociception in other species, including vertebrates.

Local and Global Methods of Assessing Thermal Nociception in Drosophila Larvae

In this article, we demonstrate assays to study thermal nociception in Drosophila larvae. One assay involves spatially-restricted (local) stimulation of thermal nociceptors1,2 while the second involves a wholesale (global) activation of most or all such neurons3. Together, these techniques allow visualization and quantification of the behavioral functions of Drosophila nociceptive sensory neurons.

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In this article, we demonstrate assays to study thermal nociception in Drosophila larvae. One assay involves spatially-restricted (local) stimulation of ...

A Simple and Inexpensive Method for Determining Cold Sensitivity and Adaptation in Mice

Cold hypersensitivity is a serious clinical problem, affecting a broad subset of patients and causing significant decreases in quality of life. The cold plantar assay allows the objective and inexpensive assessment of cold sensitivity in mice, and can quantify both analgesia and hypersensitivity. Mice are acclimated on a glass plate, and a compressed dry ice pellet is held against the glass surface underneath the hindpaw. The latency to withdrawal from the cooling glass is used as a measure of cold sensitivity.
Cold sensation is also important for survival in regions with seasonal temperature shifts, and in order to maintain sensitivity animals must be able to adjust their thermal response thresholds to match the ambient temperature. The Cold Plantar Assay (CPA) also allows the study of adaptation to changes in ambient temperature by testing the cold sensitivity of mice at temperatures ranging from 30 &#176;C to 5 &#176;C. Mice are acclimated as described above, but the glass plate is cooled to the desired starting temperature using aluminum boxes (or aluminum foil packets) filled with hot water, wet ice, or dry ice. The temperature of the plate is measured at the center using a filament T-type thermocouple probe. Once the plate has reached the desired starting temperature, the animals are tested as described above.
This assay allows testing of mice at temperatures ranging from innocuous to noxious. The CPA yields unambiguous and consistent behavioral responses in uninjured mice and can be used to quantify both hypersensitivity and analgesia. This protocol describes how to use the CPA to measure cold hypersensitivity, analgesia, and adaptation in mice.

The Cold Plantar Assay (CPA) measures cold responsiveness between 30 &#176;C and 5 &#176;C, and can also measure cold adaptation. This protocol describes how to use the CPA to measure cold hypersensitivity, analgesia, and adaptation in mice.

طريقة بسيطة وغير مكلفة لتحديد الباردة الحساسية والتكيف في الفئران

Cold hypersensitivity is a serious clinical problem, affecting a broad subset of patients and causing significant decreases in quality of life.  The cold ...

Assessing Primary Neurogenesis in Xenopus Embryos Using Immunostaining

Primary neurogenesis is a dynamic and complex process during embryonic development that sets up the initial layout of the central nervous system. During this process, a portion of neural stem cells undergo differentiation and give rise to the first populations of differentiated primary neurons within the nascent central nervous system. Several vertebrate model organisms have been used to explore the mechanisms of neural cell fate specification, patterning, and differentiation. Among these is the African clawed frog, Xenopus, which provides a powerful system for investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for primary neurogenesis due to its rapid and accessible development and ease of embryological and molecular manipulations. Here, we present a convenient and rapid method to observe the different populations of neuronal cells within Xenopus central nervous system. Using antibody staining and immunofluorescence on sections of Xenopus embryos, we are able to observe the locations of neural stem cells and differentiated primary neurons during primary neurogenesis.

Assessing Primary Neurogenesis in Xenopus Embryos Using Immunostaining

This article presents a convenient and rapid method for visualizing different neuronal cell populations in the central nervous system of Xenopus embryos using immunofluorescent staining on sections.

تقييم تكوين الخلايا العصبية الابتدائية في<em&gt; القيطم</em&gt; الأجنة عن طريق المناعية

Primary neurogenesis is a dynamic and complex process during embryonic development that sets up the initial layout of the central nervous system. During ...

Assessing Spatial Learning and Memory in Small Squamate Reptiles

Clinical research has leveraged a variety of paradigms to assess cognitive decline, commonly targeting spatial learning and memory abilities. However, interest in the cognitive processes of nonmodel species, typically within an ecological context, has also become an emerging field of study. In particular, interest in the cognitive processes in reptiles is growing although experimental studies on reptilian cognition are sparse. The few reptilian studies that have experimentally tested for spatial learning and memory have used rodent paradigms modified for use in reptiles. However, ecologically important aspects of the physiology and behavior of this taxonomic group must be taken into account when testing for spatially based cognition. Here, we describe modifications of the dry land Barnes maze and associated testing protocol that can improve performance when probing for spatial learning and memory ability in small squamate reptiles. The described paradigm and procedures were successfully used with male side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana), demonstrating that spatial learning and memory can be assessed in this taxonomic group with an ecologically relevant apparatus and protocol.

This paper describes a modification of the Barnes maze, a standard rodent paradigm used to assess spatial memory and learning, for use in small squamate reptiles.

تقييم التعلم المكاني والذاكرة في Squamate الزواحف الصغيرة

Clinical research has leveraged a variety of paradigms to assess cognitive decline, commonly targeting spatial learning and memory abilities. However, ...

An Objective and Reproducible Test of Olfactory Learning and Discrimination in Mice

Olfaction is the predominant sensory modality in mice and influences many important behaviors, including foraging, predator detection, mating, and parenting. Importantly, mice can be trained to associate novel odors with specific behavioral responses to provide insight into olfactory circuit function. This protocol details the procedure for training mice on a Go/No-Go operant learning task. In this approach, mice are trained on hundreds of automated trials daily for 2&#8211;4 weeks and can then be tested on novel Go/No-Go odor pairs to assess olfactory discrimination, or be used for studies on how odor learning alters the structure or function of the olfactory circuit. Additionally, the mouse olfactory bulb (OB) features ongoing integration of adult-born neurons. Interestingly, olfactory learning increases both the survival and synaptic connections of these adult-born neurons. Therefore, this protocol can be combined with other biochemical, electrophysiological, and imaging techniques to study learning and activity-dependent factors that mediate neuronal survival and plasticity.

Here, we train mice on an associative learning task to test odor discrimination. This protocol also allows for studies on learning-induced structural changes in the brain.

إجراء اختبار موضوعي واستنساخه من التعلم حاسة الشم والتمييز في الفئران

Olfaction is the predominant sensory modality in mice and influences many important behaviors, including foraging, predator detection, mating, and ...

Assessing Pupil-linked Changes in Locus Coeruleus-mediated Arousal Elicited by Trigeminal Stimulation

Current scientific literature provides evidence that trigeminal sensorimotor activity associated with chewing may affect arousal, attention, and cognitive performance. These effects may be due to widespread connections of the trigeminal system to the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS), to which noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC) belongs. LC neurons contain projections to the whole brain, and it is known that their discharge co-varies with pupil size. LC activation is necessary for eliciting task-related mydriasis. If chewing effects on cognitive performance are mediated by the LC, it is reasonable to expect that changes in cognitive performance are correlated to changes in task-related mydriasis. Two novel protocols are presented here to verify this hypothesis and document that chewing effects are not attributable to aspecific motor activation. In both protocols, performance and pupil size changes observed during specific tasks are recorded before, soon after, and half an hour following a 2 min period of either: a) no activity, b) rhythmic, bilateral handgrip, c) bilateral chewing of soft pellet, and d) bilateral chewing of hard pellet. The first protocol measures level of performance in spotting target numbers displayed within numeric matrices. Since pupil size recordings are recorded by an appropriate pupillometer that impedes vision to ensure constant illumination levels, task-related mydriasis is evaluated during a haptic task. Results from this protocol reveal that 1) chewing-induced changes in performance and task-related mydriasis are correlated and 2) neither performance nor mydriasis are enhanced by handgrip. In the second protocol, use of a wearable pupillometer allows measurement of pupil size changes and performance during the same task, thus allowing even stronger evidence to be obtained regarding LC involvement in the trigeminal effects on cognitive activity. Both protocols have been run in the historical office of Prof. Giuseppe Moruzzi, the discoverer of ARAS, at the University of Pisa.

To verify whether trigeminal effects on cognitive performance involve locus coeruleus activity, two protocols are presented that aim to evaluate possible correlations between the performance and task-related pupil size changes induced by chewing. These protocols may be applied to conditions in which locus coeruleus contribution is suspected.

تقييم التغيرات المرتبطة بالتلميذ في الاستثارة بوساطة الإكراه التي اثارها التحفيز الثلاثي التوائم

Current scientific literature provides evidence that trigeminal sensorimotor activity associated with chewing may affect arousal, attention, and cognitive ...

Quantitative Measurement of Intrathecally Synthesized Proteins in Mice

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a fluid found in the brain and the spinal cord, is of great importance to both basic and clinical science. The analysis of the CSF protein composition delivers crucial information in basic neuroscience research as well as neurological diseases. One caveat is that proteins measured in CSF may derive from both intrathecal synthesis and transudation from serum, and protein analysis of CSF can only determine the sum of these two components. To discriminate between protein transudation from the blood and intrathecally produced proteins in animal models as well as in humans, CSF protein profiling measurements using conventional protein analysis tools must include the calculation of the albumin CSF/serum quotient (Qalbumin), a marker of the integrity of the blood-brain interface (BBI), and the protein index (Qprotein/Qalbumin), an estimate of intrathecal protein synthesis. This protocol illustrates the entire procedure, from CSF and blood collection to quotients and indices calculations, for the quantitative measurement of intrathecal protein synthesis and BBI impairment in mouse models of neurological disorders.

Elevated spinal fluid protein levels can either be the result of diffusion of plasma protein across an altered blood-brain barrier or intrathecal synthesis. An optimized testing protocol is presented in this article that helps to discriminate both cases and provides quantitative measurements of intrathecally synthesized proteins.

القياس الكمي للبروتينات التركيبية داخل الفئران

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a fluid found in the brain and the spinal cord, is of great importance to both basic and clinical science. The analysis of the ...

Construction and Implementation of Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Arrays for Chronic and Acute In Vivo Recordings

Multichannel electrode arrays offer insight into the working brain and serve to elucidate neural processes at the single-cell and circuit levels. Development of these tools is crucial for understanding complex behaviors and cognition and for advancing clinical applications. However, it remains a challenge to densely record from cell populations stably and continuously over long time periods. Many popular electrodes, such as tetrodes and silicon arrays, feature large cross-diameters that produce damage upon insertion and elicit chronic reactive tissue responses associated with neuronal death, hindering the recording of stable, continuous neural activity. In addition, most wire bundles exhibit broad spacing between channels, precluding simultaneous recording from a large number of cells clustered in a small area. The carbon fiber microelectrode arrays described in this protocol offer an accessible solution to these concerns. The study provides a detailed method for fabricating carbon fiber microelectrode arrays that can be used for both acute and chronic recordings in vivo. The physical properties of these electrodes make them ideal for stable and continuous long-term recordings at high cell densities, enabling the researcher to make robust, unambiguous recordings from single units across months.

Construction and Implementation of Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Arrays for Chronic and Acute In Vivo Recordings

This protocol describes a procedure for constructing carbon fiber microelectrode arrays for chronic and acute in vivo electrophysiological recordings in mouse (Mus musculus) and ferret (Mustela putorius furo) from multiple brain regions. Each step, following the purchase of raw carbon fibers to microelectrode array implantation, is described in detail, with emphasis on microelectrode array construction.

بناء وتنفيذ صفائف الألياف الكربونية Microelectrode للتسجيلات المزمنة والحادة في فيفو

Multichannel electrode arrays offer insight into the working brain and serve to elucidate neural processes at the single-cell and circuit levels. ...

غرسة Micro-Drive لتسجيل النشاط العصبي اليومي في الفئران اليافعة

A Lightweight Drive Implant for Chronic Tetrode Recordings in Juvenile Mice

In vivo electrophysiology provides unparalleled insight into the sub-second-level circuit dynamics of the intact brain and represents a method of particular importance for studying mouse models of human neuropsychiatric disorders. However, such methods often require large cranial implants, which cannot be used in mice at early developmental time points. As such, virtually no studies of in vivo physiology have been performed in freely behaving infant or juvenile mice, despite the fact that a better understanding of neurological development in this critical window would likely provide unique insights into age-dependent developmental disorders such as autism or schizophrenia. Here, a micro-drive design, surgical implantation procedure, and post-surgery recovery strategy are described that allow for chronic field and single-unit recordings from multiple brain regions simultaneously in mice as they age from postnatal day 20 (p20) to postnatal day 60 (p60) and beyond, a time window roughly corresponding to the human ages of 2 years old through to adulthood. The number of recording electrodes and final recording sites can be easily modified and expanded, thus allowing flexible experimental control of the in vivo monitoring of behavior- or disease-relevant brain regions across development.

تسليط الضوء على المؤلف: غرسة محرك خفيفة الوزن لتسجيلات Tetrode المزمنة في الفئران اليافعة  

Here, we describe a micro-drive design, surgical implantation procedure, and post-surgery recovery strategy that allow for chronic field and single-unit recordings from multiple brain regions simultaneously in juvenile and adolescent mice across a critical developmental window from postnatal day 20 (p20) to postnatal day 60 (p60) and beyond.