An automated, low-latency environment for studying the neural basis of behavior in freely moving rats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavior consists of the interaction between an organism and its environment, and is controlled by the brain. Brain activity varies at sub-second time scales, but behavioral measures are usually coarse (often consisting of only binary trial outcomes).

Results

To overcome this mismatch, we developed the Rat Interactive Foraging Facility (RIFF): a programmable interactive arena for freely moving rats with multiple feeding areas, multiple sound sources, high-resolution behavioral tracking, and simultaneous electrophysiological recordings. The paper provides detailed information about the construction of the RIFF and the software used to control it. To illustrate the flexibility of the RIFF, we describe two complex tasks implemented in the RIFF, a foraging task and a

SUBMITTER: Jankowski MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416379 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature