This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 738/11), by the National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel (NIPI-7-2011-12), and by the Open University Foundation

注：すべての実験プロトコルは、イスラエルの動物管理使用のための国際委員会によって承認された。すべての努力は、使用される動物の数およびそれらの苦痛を最小限にするために行われた。 強制水泳試験のために1.準備<ol><li>隣接する二つの部屋を使用してください。行動試験の前に動物を保持するための「待合室」、および手順を実行するための他のとして1部屋を使用してください。 </li><li>透明な円筒形のガラス容器を準備する50の高さがセンチ、20cmの直径を測定する（コンテナの数のための唯一の制限は、利用可能なスペースです）。 注：それは同じ部屋で同時に複数の動物を実行することが可能です。もしそうであれば、動物が処置中にお互いを見ないように、暗い画面を使用して、互いから容器を分離する。 </li><li>すべてのカメラはワット、そのように1つ以上の容器を知覚するように、容器の前にビデオカメラを準備する映像を見ながら病気の後に、動物の行動の明確な観察を可能にします。 </li><li>低体温を避けるために、手順を完了した動物のためのクリーンな乾燥ケージ、加熱ランプ及び熱パッドを準備します。ケージの底が吸い取り紙、それが濡れたとき、それを変更していることを確認してください。試験室でケージを置かないでください。 注：これらは一過性の乾燥ケージに滞在している間に別のホームケージから動物を混同しないことを確認してください。 </li></ol> 2.動物の取扱い、試験前に<ol><li> 12時間の明/暗サイクルの部屋でハウスの動物。 </li><li>実験手順の日中に、処置室で過ごした特定の時間を除いて、動物に餌と水を自由に与える。 </li><li>ラットを用いたときは、5日前に実験手順の先頭に、毎日約2分のために動物を扱う。 </li></ol> 3.トレーニング手順ザ·手順は、ラットおよびマウスに対して別々に行われる。 注：彼らはすべての回で水中にいる間、マウスとラットの両方のために、動物を見る。ケースで動物が水から動物を削除し、実験から除外（ 例えば非常に疲れて、フロートを滞在することはできません）、深刻な苦痛に表示されます。 <ol><li>マウスについて - 予備テスト（最初の2分）とテスト（最後の4分）に分け、1セッション6分長いがあります。 <ol><li>マウスためには待合室に行動試験に少なくとも30分前にホームケージに動物を輸送、テスト環境に順応取得します。 </li><li> 25℃の水道水でシリンダーを記入し、それがその後ろ足で容器の底に触れることができないように、マウス「サイズに応じて水の深さを調整。 </li><li>マークの映像を見ながら、後に動物の同定を目的とした動物番号とシリンダー。 </li><li>ビデオカメラ/ Sの電源をオンにしてから6分間水充填されたシリンダコンテナ内の各マウスを置く。 </li><li> 6分が経過した後、カメラの電源を入れ/ s offと、コンテナからマウスを取り外して、上記加熱ランプとその下の熱パッドと過渡乾燥ケージに入れてください。このケージで回復しながらマウスは、緊密かつ継続的に監視する必要があります。この目的のために、ケージ内の温度が37℃を超えないことを確認するマウスのレベルで温度計を配置することが可能である。また、すべてではない、それのランプの下またはパッドの上に収まるようにケージを置く。これは、必要に応じて、マウスがクーラーの領域に移動することができます。 </li><li>次のマウスに影響を避けるために、すべてのセッションの後に水を変更します。 </li></ol></li><li>ラットのために - 24時間離れて2つのセッションがあります。最初のセッションは、試験前段階（15分）であり、第二のセッションは、テスト段階（5分）である。 <ol><li>ラットためにはに順応させ得るために環境をテストし、待合室に行動試験に少なくとも30分前にホームケージに動物を輸送する。 </li><li> 23±1℃の水道水でシリンダーを記入し、それがその後ろ足で容器の底に触れることができないように、ラットの大きさに応じて水の深さを調整。 </li><li>マークの映像を見ながら、後に動物の同定を目的とした動物番号とシリンダー。 </li><li> 15分間水充填されたシリンダ容器内に各ラットを置きます。 </li><li> 15分後、容器からラットを削除し、その上にヒートランプとその下の熱パッドと過渡乾燥ケージに入れ経過した。このケージに回復しつつラットは、緊密かつ継続的に監視する必要があります。この目的のために、ケージ内の温度が37℃を超えないことを確認するために、ラットのレベルで温度計を配置することが可能である。また、そのようなケージを置かないで、すべてのそれのFAランプの下またはパッドの上LLS。これは、必要に応じて、ラットがクーラーの領域に移動することができます。 </li><li>次のラットに影響を避けるために、すべてのセッションの後に水を変更します。 注：これはプレテスト段階の終わりである。 </li><li> 24時間後、テスト環境に順応させ得るためにラットのためには、事前の待合室に行動試験に彼らのホームケージに少なくとも30分間に動物を輸送する。 </li><li> 23±1℃の水道水でシリンダーを記入し、それがその後ろ足で容器の底に触れることができないように、ラットの大きさに応じて水の深さを調整。 </li><li>マークの映像を見ながら、後に動物の同定を目的とした動物番号とシリンダー。 </li><li>ビデオカメラ/ Sの電源をオンにしてから5分間水充填されたシリンダ容器内にラットを置く。各ラットは、前日のように部屋に同じコンテナと位置でテストされていることを確認します。 </LI&gt; <li> 5分では、カメラの電源を入れ経過した後で/ s offと、コンテナからラットを削除し、その上にヒートランプとその下の熱パッドと過渡乾燥ケージに入れてください。このケージに回復しつつラットは、緊密かつ継続的に監視する必要があります。この目的のために、ケージ内の温度が37℃を超えないことを確認するために、ラットのレベルで温度計を配置することが可能である。また、すべてではない、それのランプの下またはパッドの上に収まるようにケージを置く。これは、必要に応じて、ラットがクーラーの領域に移動することができます。 </li><li>次のラットに影響を避けるために、すべてのセッションの後に水を変更します。 注：これはテスト段階の終わりである。 </li></ol></li></ol> 4.行動コーディングマウスの場合は、テスト段階として定義され、最後の4分のコーディング。ラットを、試験段階の5分をコーディング。 <ol><li>コー​​ドマウスが浮遊している場合は、「不動」として過ごした時間の長さ水の上に鼻を維持するために必要なものを除き、運動の欠如と。 </li><li>コー​​ド前肢の迅速な動きが前足が水の表面を破ることなどが観察されている場合は、「苦労/登山」として過ごした時間の長さ。 </li><li>コー​​ド前肢の動きやパドリング方式で後肢が観察されている場合は、「水泳」として過ごした時間の長さ。 注：これらの動作をコード化する別の方法を使用することが可能で、これは時間サンプリング法を含む。テストセッション全体で5秒間隔でエピソードの周波数として苦労や不動、水泳を評価する。 </li></ol>

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FSTは、うつ病のような行動を監視するために使用され、不動の行動絶望3の測定値を反映するという仮定に基づいている。この手順の主な利点は、比較的簡単な操作と高速な結果にある。また、適切なスクリーニング試験は、その高い予測妥当29に至る最も重要な特徴の1つであるせる抗うつ薬の広い範囲に対する感受性。重要なことに、この試験はまた、抗不安効果3,30を<...

うつ病は、生命を脅かす精神疾患と5％の発生率15〜20％で生涯有病率を持つ世界的な公衆衛生上の大きな関心事である。また、それは2020年までにうつ病は病気1,2の負担にトップ3の貢献者になると推定されている。うつ病は障害と関連付けられて、健康関連コストの増加、生活の質の低下および3,4- .Currentの薬理学的治療処置は、有効性が限られていると関連付けられている心臓血管、代謝性および神経精神障害を含む多くの疾患のための主要な危険因子と考えられている多くの有害な副作用5,6。そのため、革新的で改善された治療法の開発と並んで、この障害の病態生理のより良い理解は重要なままです。したがって、動物モデルは、この分野の研究を進めるために必須である。 この疾患の研究（のために使用される多くのモデルがあります&lt;EM&gt;例えば、スクロース選好テストも、このモデル7,8の開発者の後ポルソルトの試験として知ら強制水泳試験（FST、と、尾懸垂試験））が最も一般的に使用されるアッセイ7,9-12の一つである。 FST中の動物は、それが逃げることができ、そこから水を満たした容器内に配置される。動物は、最初に脱 ​​出しようとしますが、最終的に（ すなわち水上記の鼻を維持するために必要なものを除き、運動をしない場合とフローティング）不動を示すであろう。 FSTは、多くの理由のための動物研究で非常に人気のモデルです。まず、大うつ病12-14傾向に役割を有することが示された応力に対する動物の曝露を伴う。また、うつ病は、多くの場合、ストレス15-17で処理する能力の欠如と見られている。第二に、試験前に抗うつ薬理学的治療は、&lt;FSTにおいて不動を減少することが示されているSUP&gt; 18-23。したがって、多くの場合、潜在的な抗うつ特性15-17,24を有する新規化合物のスクリーニングアッセイとして使用されている。さらに、FSTは、食物消費の変化、睡眠異常および薬物離脱誘発性無快感症15-17,24、ヒトにおけるうつ病の影響を受ける、または変更される因子のいくつかを共有することが示されている。これはまた、このテストは時々 25,26（「野生型」マウスと比較して）基底不動の増加または減少を、変異マウスにおける抑うつ様行動を評価するために使用される理由である。

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the forced swim test as a model of depressive-like behavior

The goal of the present protocol is to describe the forced swim test (FST), which is one of the most commonly used assays for the study of depressive-like behavior in rodents. The FST is based on the assumption that when placing an animal in a container filled with water, it will first make efforts to escape but eventually will exhibit immobility that may be considered to reflect a measure of behavioral despair. This test has been extensively used because it involves the exposure of the animals to stress, which was shown to have a role in the tendency for major depression. Additionally, the FST has been shown to share some of the factors that are influenced or altered by depression in humans, including changes in food consumption, sleep abnormalities and drug-withdrawal-induced anhedonia. The main advantages of this procedure are that it is relatively easy to perform and that its results are easily and quickly analyzed. Moreover, its sensitivity to a broad range of antidepressant drugs that makes it a suitable screening test is one of the most important features leading to its high predictive validity. Despite its appeal, this model has a number of disadvantages. First, the issue of chronic augmentation is problematic in this test because in real life patients need to be treated for at least several weeks before they experience any relief from their symptoms. Last, due to the aversiveness of the FST, it is important to take into account possible influences it might have on brain structure/function if brain analyses are to be carried out following this procedure.

以下の結果は私たちの研究室からの未発表データに基づいています。この実験では、成体ICR雌マウスは、選択的セロトニン再取り込み阻害剤（SSRI）、エスシタロプラムまたは新規ハーブ抗うつ及び抗不安治療（NHT）による治療の3週間後に試験した（ハーブ治療に関する追加情報については、12を参照してください、27,28）。一方向ANOVAは治療がFST [F（2,58）= 4.88、P &lt;0.05]で抑?...

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The Forced Swim Test as a Model of Depressive-like Behavior

This protocol describes the forced swim test, which is used for the study of depressive-like behavior in rodents. This procedure involves placing an animal in a container filled with water that eventually will lead to the exhibition of immobility behavior, which is considered to reflect behavioral despair.

うつ病のような動作のモデルとしての強制水泳試験

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36.5K ビュー.  Tel-Aviv University. This protocol describes the forced swim test, which is used for the study of depressive-like behavior in rodents. This procedure involves placing an animal in a container filled with water that eventually will lead to the exhibition of immobility behavior, which is considered to reflect behavioral despair.

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The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress

This video publication explains in detail the experimental protocol of the resident-intruder paradigm in rats. This test is a standardized method to measure offensive aggression and defensive behavior in a semi natural setting. The most important behavioral elements performed by the resident and the intruder are demonstrated in the video and illustrated using artistic drawings. The use of the resident intruder paradigm for acute and chronic social stress experiments is explained as well. Finally, some brief tests and criteria are presented to distinguish aggression from its more violent and pathological forms.

This video shows the resident-intruder paradigm in rats. This test is a standardized method to measure offensive aggression, defensive behavior and violence in a semi-natural setting. The use of the paradigm for social stress experiments is explained as well.

レジデント·侵入者パラダイム：攻撃的、暴力と社会的ストレスのために標準化されたテスト

This video publication explains in detail the experimental protocol of the resident-intruder paradigm in rats. This test is a standardized method to ...

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Assessment of Murine Exercise Endurance Without the Use of a Shock Grid: An Alternative to Forced Exercise

Using laboratory mouse models, the molecular pathways responsible for the metabolic benefits of endurance exercise are beginning to be defined. The most common method for assessing exercise endurance in mice utilizes forced running on a motorized treadmill equipped with a shock grid. Animals who quit running are pushed by the moving treadmill belt onto a grid that delivers an electric foot shock; to escape the negative stimulus, the mice return to running on the belt. However, avoidance behavior and psychological stress due to use of a shock apparatus can interfere with quantitation of running endurance, as well as confound measurements of postexercise serum hormone and cytokine levels. Here, we demonstrate and validate a refined method to measure running endurance in na&#239;ve C57BL/6 laboratory mice on a motorized treadmill without utilizing a shock grid. When mice are preacclimated to the treadmill, they run voluntarily with gait speeds specific to each mouse. Use of the shock grid is replaced by gentle encouragement by a human operator using a tongue depressor, coupled with sensitivity to the voluntary willingness to run on the part of the mouse. Clear endpoints for quantifying running time-to-exhaustion for each mouse are defined and reflected in behavioral signs of exhaustion such as splayed posture and labored breathing. This method is a humane refinement which also decreases the confounding effects of stress on experimental parameters.

A method to assess exercise endurance in laboratory mice without the use of a shock grid is demonstrated. This method is a humane refinement that can decrease the confounding effects of stress on experimental parameters.

ショックグリッドを使用することなく、マウスの運動持久力の評価：強制運動への代替

Using laboratory mouse models, the molecular pathways responsible for the metabolic benefits of endurance exercise are beginning to be defined. The most ...

The Use of the Puzzle Box as a Means of Assessing the Efficacy of Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment can dramatically influence the development and function of neural circuits. Further, enrichment has been shown to successfully delay the onset of symptoms in models of Huntington&#8217;s disease 1-4, suggesting environmental factors can evoke a neuroprotective effect against the progressive, cellular level damage observed in neurodegenerative disorders. The ways in which an animal can be environmentally enriched, however, can vary considerably. Further, there is no straightforward manner in which the effects of environmental enrichment can be assessed: most methods require either fairly complicated behavioral paradigms and/or postmortem anatomical/physiological analyses. This protocol describes the use of a simple and inexpensive behavioral assay, the Puzzle Box 5-7 as a robust means of determining the efficacy of increased social, sensory and motor stimulation on mice compared to cohorts raised in standard laboratory conditions. This simple problem solving task takes advantage of a rodent&#8217;s innate desire to avoid open enclosures by seeking shelter. Cognitive ability is assessed by adding increasingly complex impediments to the shelter&#8217;s entrance. The time a given subject takes to successfully remove the obstructions and enter the shelter serves as the primary metric for task performance. This method could provide a reliable means of rapidly assessing the efficacy of different enrichment protocols on cognitive function, thus paving the way for systematically determining the role specific environmental factors play in delaying the onset of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease.

Environmental enrichment provides a potential protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders. Currently, however, there is no easy way of determining the efficacy of enrichment procedures. This protocol describes a simple &#8220;Puzzle Box&#8221; method for assessing an animal&#8217;s cognitive function, in order to reveal the effectiveness of environmental enrichment.

環境エンリッチメントの有効性を評価する手段として秘密箱の使用

Environmental enrichment can dramatically influence the development and function of neural circuits.  Further, enrichment has been shown to successfully ...

Signal Attenuation as a Rat Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

In the signal attenuation rat model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), lever-pressing for food is followed by the presentation of a compound stimulus which serves as a feedback cue. This feedback is later attenuated by repeated presentations of the stimulus without food (without the rat emitting the lever-press response). In the next stage, lever-pressing is assessed under extinction conditions (i.e., no food is delivered). At this stage rats display two types of lever-presses, those that are followed by an attempt to collect a reward, and those that are not. The latter are the measure of compulsive-like behavior in the model. A control procedure in which rats do not experience the attenuation of the feedback cue serves to distinguish between the effects of signal attenuation and of extinction. The signal attenuation model is a highly validated model of OCD and differentiates between compulsive-like behaviors and behaviors that are repetitive but not compulsive. In addition the measures collected during the procedure eliminate alternative explanations for differences between the groups being tested, and are quantitative, unbiased and unaffected by inter-experimenter variability. The major disadvantages of this model are the costly equipment, the fact that it requires some technical know-how and the fact that it is time-consuming compared to other models of OCD (11 days). The model may be used for detecting the anti- or pro-compulsive effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological manipulations and for studying the neural substrate of compulsive behavior.

The goal of the protocol described in this paper is to induce compulsive-like behavior in rats for the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This behavior is precipitated by attenuating a signal indicating that a lever-press response was effective in producing food.

強迫性障害のラットモデルとして信号の減衰

In the signal attenuation rat model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), lever-pressing for food is followed by the presentation of a compound stimulus ...

Paw-Dragging: a Novel, Sensitive Analysis of the Mouse Cylinder Test

The cylinder test is routinely used to predict focal ischemic damage to the forelimb motor cortex in rodents. When placed in the cylinder, rodents explore by rearing and touching the walls of the cylinder with their forelimb paws for postural support. Following ischemic injury to the forelimb sensorimotor cortex, rats rely more heavily on their unaffected forelimb paw for postural support resulting in fewer touches with their affected paw which is termed forelimb asymmetry. In contrast, focal ischemic damage in the mouse brain fails to result in comparable consistent deficits in forelimb asymmetry. While forelimb asymmetry deficits are infrequently observed, mice do demonstrate a novel behaviour post stroke termed &#8220;paw-dragging&#8221;. Paw-dragging is the tendency for a mouse to drag its affected paw along the cylinder wall rather than directly push off from the wall when dismounting from a rear to a four-legged stance. We have previously demonstrated that paw-dragging behaviour is highly sensitive to small cortical ischemic injuries to the forelimb motor cortex. Here we provide a detailed protocol for paw-dragging analysis. We define what a paw-drag is and demonstrate how to quantify paw-dragging behaviour. The cylinder test is a simple and inexpensive test to administer and does not require pre-training or food deprivation strategies. In using paw-dragging analysis with the cylinder test, it fills a niche for predicting cortical ischemic injuries such as photothrombosis and Endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced ischemia &#8211; two models that are ever-increasing in popularity and produce smaller focal injuries than middle cerebral artery occlusion. Finally, measuring paw-dragging behaviour in the cylinder test will allow studies of functional recovery after cortical injury using a wide cohort of transgenic mouse strains where previous forelimb asymmetry analysis has failed to detect consistent deficits.

Classical forelimb asymmetry analysis of the cylinder test is routinely used to assess behavioural deficits in rats following brain injury or stroke; however, it fails to detect consistent deficits in mice. This study demonstrates that quantifying paw-dragging behaviour is a more sensitive analysis of brain injury in mice.

ポウ·ドラッグ：小説、マウスシリンダー試験の感度分析

The cylinder test is routinely used to predict focal ischemic damage to the forelimb motor cortex in rodents. When placed in the cylinder, rodents explore ...

The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test

In many situations humans are influenced by the behavior of other people and their relationships with them. For example, in stressful situations supportive behavior of other people as well as positive social relationships can act as powerful resources to cope with stress. In order to study the interplay between these variables, this protocol describes two effective experimental manipulations of social relationships and supportive behavior in the laboratory. In the present article, these two manipulations are implemented in the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)&#8212;a standard stress induction paradigm in which participants are subjected to a simulated job interview. More precisely, we propose (a) a manipulation of the relationship between different protagonists in the TSST by making a shared social identity salient and (b) a manipulation of the behavior of the TSST-selection committee, which acts either supportively or unsupportively. These two experimental manipulations are designed in a modular fashion and can be applied independently of each other but can also be combined. Moreover, these two manipulations can also be integrated into other stress protocols and into other standardized social interactions such as trust games, negotiation tasks, or other group tasks.

Previous research on the social dimension of stress has focused on two important variables: social identity and social support. This protocol introduces an effective experimental manipulation of these two social variables and describes their implementation in a standard stress induction paradigm (Trier Social Stress Test).

トリーアの社会ストレステストにおけるソーシャルサポートと社会的アイデンティティの実験操作：ストレスの社会的側面

In many situations humans are influenced by the behavior of other people and their relationships with them. For example, in stressful situations ...

The 4 Mountains Test: A Short Test of Spatial Memory with High Sensitivity for the Diagnosis of Pre-dementia Alzheimer's Disease

This protocol describes the administration of the 4 Mountains Test (4MT), a short test of spatial memory, in which memory for the topographical layout of four mountains within a computer-generated landscape is tested using a delayed match-to-sample paradigm. Allocentric spatial memory is assessed by altering the viewpoint, colors and textures between the initially presented and target images.
Allocentric spatial memory is a key function of the hippocampus, one of the earliest brain regions to be affected in Alzheimer&#39;s disease (AD) and impairment of hippocampal function predates the onset of dementia. It was hypothesized that performance on the 4MT would aid the diagnosis of predementia AD, which manifests clinically as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
The 4MT was applied to patients with MCI, stratified further based on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD biomarker status (10 MCI biomarker positive, 9 MCI biomarker negative), and with mild AD dementia, as well as healthy controls. Comparator tests included tests of episodic memory and attention widely accepted as sensitive measures of early AD. Behavioral data were correlated with quantitative MRI measures of the hippocampus, precuneus and posterior cingulate gyrus.
4MT scores were significantly different between the two MCI groups (p = 0.001), with a test score of &#8804;8/15 associated with 100% sensitivity and 78% specificity for the classification of MCI with positive AD biomarkers, i.e., predementia AD. 4MT test scores correlated with hippocampal volume (r = 0.42) and cortical thickness of the precuneus (r = 0.55).
In conclusion, the 4MT is effective in identifying the early stages of AD. The short duration, easy application and scoring, and favorable psychometric properties of the 4MT fulfil the need for a simple but accurate diagnostic test for predementia AD.

The 4 Mountains Test: A Short Test of Spatial Memory with High Sensitivity for the Diagnosis of Pre-dementia Alzheimer&#039;s Disease

This article describes the 4 Mountains Test (4MT), a hippocampus-dependent test of working allocentric spatial memory. The hippocampus is affected early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and this article outlines the 4MT methodology and results of patient testing, which demonstrates the value of the 4MT in the diagnosis of pre-dementia AD.

4山脈テスト：プレ認知症、アルツハイマー病の診断のための高感度と空間記憶のショートテスト

This protocol describes the administration of the 4 Mountains Test (4MT), a short test of spatial memory, in which memory for the topographical layout of ...

The Rodent Psychomotor Vigilance Test (rPVT): A Method for Assessing Neurobehavioral Performance in Rats and Mice

The human Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is a widely used procedure for measuring changes in fatigue and sustained attention. The present article describes a rodent version of the PVT&#8212;termed the &#34;rPVT&#34;&#8212;that measures similar aspects of attention (i.e., performance accuracy, motor speed, premature responding, and lapses in attention). Data are presented that demonstrate both the short- and long-term usefulness of the rPVT when employed with laboratory rats. Rats easily learn the rPVT, and learning to perform the basic procedure takes less than two weeks of training. Once acquired, rat performances in the rPVT show a high degree of similarity to these same performance measures in the human PVT, including similarities in, lapses in attention, reaction times, vigilance decrements across session time (i.e., the human &#34;time-on-task&#34; effects), and the response-stimulus interval (RSI) effect described for humans. Thus the rPVT can be an extremely valuable tool for assessing the effects of a wide range of variables on sustained attention quite similar to human PVT performances, and thus can be useful for developing novel treatments for neurobehavioral dysfunctions.

The Rodent Psychomotor Vigilance Test rPVT: A Method for Assessing Neurobehavioral Performance in Rats and Mice

A rat version of the human Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is described that measures aspects of attention similar to those measured with the human PVT, including aspects of human vigilance such as performance accuracy, motor speed, premature responding, and lapses in attention.

げっ歯類精神運動警戒試験（rPVT）：ラットとマウスの神経行動のパフォーマンスを評価するための方法

The human Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is a widely used procedure for measuring changes in fatigue and sustained attention. The present article ...

A Method to Test the Effect of Environmental Cues on Mating Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

An individual's sexual drive is influenced by genotype, experience and environmental conditions. How these factors interact to modulate sexual behaviors remains poorly understood. In Drosophila melanogaster, environmental cues, such as food availability, affect mating activity offering a tractable system to investigate the mechanisms modulating sexual behavior. In D. melanogaster, environmental cues are often sensed via the chemosensory gustatory and olfactory systems. Here, we present a method to test the effect of environmental chemical cues on mating behavior. The assay consists of a small mating arena containing food medium and a mating couple. The mating frequency for each couple is continuously monitored for 24 h. Here we present the applicability of this assay to test environmental compounds from an external source through a pressurized air system as well as manipulation of the environmental components directly in the mating arena. The use of a pressurized air system is especially useful to test the effect of very volatile compounds, while manipulating components directly in the mating arena can be of value to ascertain a compound's presence. This assay can be adapted to answer questions about the influence of genetic and environmental cues on mating behavior and fecundity as well as other male and female reproductive behaviors.

A Method to Test the Effect of Environmental Cues on Mating Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

We demonstrate an assay to analyze the environmental and genetic cues that influence mating behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

環境内の交信が交配行動に及ぼす影響を調べる方法<em&gt;ショウジョウバエmelanogaster</em

An individual's sexual drive is influenced by genotype, experience and environmental conditions. How these factors interact to modulate sexual behaviors ...

A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons

We provide a procedure for a psychophysics experiment in humans based on a previously described paradigm aimed to characterize the perceptual duration of intervals within the range of milliseconds of visual, acoustic, and audiovisual aperiodic trains of six pulses. In this task, each of the trials consists of two consecutive intramodal intervals where the participants press the upward arrow key to report that the second stimulus lasted longer than the reference, or the downward arrow key to indicate otherwise. The analysis of the behavior results in psychometric functions of the probability of estimating the comparison stimulus to be longer than the reference, as a function of the comparison intervals. In conclusion, we advance a way of implementing standard programming software to create visual, acoustic, and audiovisual stimuli, and to generate a two-interval forced-choice (2IFC) task by delivering stimuli through noise-blocking headphones and a computer&#39;s monitor.

Psychophysics is essential for studying perception phenomena through sensory information. Here we present a protocol to perform a two-interval forced-choice task as implemented in a previous report on human psychophysics where participants estimated the duration of visual, auditory, or audiovisual intervals of aperiodic trains of pulses.

多感覚の比較のため 2 区間強制選択課題

We provide a procedure for a psychophysics experiment in humans based on a previously described paradigm aimed to characterize the perceptual duration of ...