VA Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss

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Behavior

An Automated Squint Method for Time-syncing Behavior and Brain Dynamics in Mouse Pain Studies

Nathan McCutcheon^*1, Micah S. Johnson^*1, Brandon Rea², Mahnoor Ghumman¹, Levi Sowers^2,3, Rainbo Hultman^1,4

¹Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa, ²Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, ³VA Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, ⁴Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa

This protocol provides a method for tracking automated eye squint in rodents over time in a manner compatible with time-locking to neurophysiological measures. This protocol is expected to be useful to researchers studying mechanisms of pain disorders such as migraine.