Scalable and modular wireless-network infrastructure for large-scale behavioural neuroscience.

ABSTRACT: The use of rodents to acquire understanding of the function of neural circuits and of the physiological, genetic and developmental underpinnings of behaviour has been constrained by limitations in the scalability, automation and high-throughput operation of implanted wireless neural devices. Here we report scalable and modular hardware and software infrastructure for setting up and operating remotely programmable miniaturized wireless networks leveraging Bluetooth Low Energy for the study of the long-term behaviour of large groups of rodents. The integrated system allows for automated, scheduled and real-time experimentation via the simultaneous and independent use of multiple neural devices and equipment within and across laboratories. By measuring the locomotion, feeding, arousal and soc

SUBMITTER: Qazi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature