Integrating optical neuroscience tools into touchscreen operant systems.

ABSTRACT: Unlocking the neural regulation of complex behavior is a foundational goal of brain science. Touchscreen-based assessments of behavior have been used extensively in the pursuit of this goal, with traditional pharmacological and neurochemical approaches being employed to provide key insights into underlying neural systems. So far, optically based approaches to measure and manipulate neural function, which have begun to revolutionize our understanding of relatively simple behaviors, have been less widely adopted for more complex cognitive functions of the type assessed with touchscreen-based behavioral tasks. Here we provide guidance and procedural descriptions to enable researchers to integrate optically based manipulation and measurement techniques into their touchscreen experimental syste

SUBMITTER: Piantadosi PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329216 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature