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In Vivo Wireless Optogenetic Control of Skilled Motor Behavior
Diana L. Rodriguez-Munoz 1, Omar Jaidar 2, Marcela Palomero-Rivero 1, Mario A. Arias-Garcia 3, Gordon W. Arbuthnott 4, Violeta G. Lopez-Huerta 1
1Institute of Cellular Physiology, National University of Mexico, 2Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, 3Facultad de Psicologia, National University of Mexico, 4Brain Mechanisms for Behaviour Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

The present protocol describes how to use wireless optogenetics combined with high-speed videography in a single pellet reach-to-grasp task to characterize the neural circuits involved in the performance of skilled motor behavior in freely moving mice.

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