Automated system for training and assessing reaching and grasping behaviors in rodents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reaching, grasping, and pulling behaviors are studied across species to investigate motor control and problem solving. String pulling is a distinct reaching and grasping behavior that is rapidly learned, requires bimanual coordination, is ethologically grounded, and has been applied across species and disease conditions.

New method

Here we describe the PANDA system (Pulling And Neural Data Analysis), a hardware and software system that integrates a continuous string loop connected to a rotary encoder, feeder, microcontroller, high-speed camera, and analysis software for the assessment and training of reaching, grasping, and pulling behaviors and synchronization with neural data.

Results

We demonstrate this system in rats implanted with electrodes in motor c

SUBMITTER: Jordan GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731814 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature